Demorest Council Rejects One-Way Plan for Narrow Demorest Lake Road

Demorest City Council unanimously rejected a proposal to make Demorest Lake Road one-way on Nov. 6, 2025, leaving the street’s traffic direction unchanged. Councilman Allen moved to deny the designation, Bennett seconded, and the four council members present approved the denial 4–0.

The decision preserves the existing arrangement on a road described during the council discussion as narrow. A one-way designation could have changed how nearby residents, other drivers and Piedmont University traffic move through the area; instead, the council declined the version of the plan before it.

The proposal reached the council as a one-way street ordinance scheduled for consideration at its Nov. 6 meeting. It represented a renewed request supported by Piedmont University, but residents’ concerns about the road’s narrowness shaped the discussion that followed. The council then acted on a motion to deny the designation rather than adopting the ordinance.

Piedmont University supported the renewed request for a one-way designation, according to the council record summarized for the meeting. Residents raised objections tied to the road’s narrow condition. The council’s vote did not resolve every traffic or safety contention raised in the discussion; it decided whether to approve this specific one-way proposal.

The ordinance was proposed and considered, but it was not adopted. The recorded 4–0 vote confirms the council denied the one-way designation on Nov. 6. It does not establish a later change in traffic operations, a revised plan, or a final determination of the competing claims about safety and street use.

For now, the next public indication of movement would be a future Demorest City Council agenda or minutes showing a revised proposal, another traffic-direction measure, or a decision to leave the issue closed. Whether Piedmont University or another party will bring a new plan forward remains undecided.