SR141: SR141 Honorable Valencia Seay Highway; Clayton County; dedicate

This resolution recognizes Valencia Seay, a former member of the Georgia House and a 17-year member of the Georgia Senate representing Clayton and Fayette Counties, for her public service and career achievements. It lists her committee assignments, banking career, awards, and leadership roles in various civic organizations. The resolution's operative action is to dedicate the portion of State Route 139/Riverdale Road between Church Street and Garden Walk Road in Clayton County as the Honorable Valencia Seay Highway. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedication, and directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Senator Seay and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the segment of State Route 139/Riverdale Road between Church Street and Garden Walk Road in Clayton County as the Honorable Valencia Seay Highway.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the road dedication.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Senator Seay and the Department of Transportation.
• Formally recognizes Valencia Seay's service in the Georgia House and Senate and her career and civic honors.

The resolution primarily affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain the new highway signage, and residents and travelers in Clayton County who use the renamed stretch of State Route 139/Riverdale Road.

While largely ceremonial, the resolution results in a concrete change: a specific public road segment in Clayton County will carry a new official name and signage, funded and maintained by the Department of Transportation, honoring a former state senator's public service.

• The resolved clause dedicates the portion of State Route 139/Riverdale Road from Church Street to Garden Walk Road in Clayton County as the Honorable Valencia Seay Highway.
• A further resolved clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedication.
• A final clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Senator Seay and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2025-02-06Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
2. 2025-02-05Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Kenya Wicks (D, SD-034)Primary sponsor
• Ed Harbison (D, SD-015)
• Tonya Anderson (D, SD-043)
• Gail Davenport (D, SD-017)
• Jason Esteves (D, SD-035)
• Nabilah Islam Parkes (D, SD-007)
• Freddie Sims (D, SD-012)
• RaShaun Kemp (D, SD-038)
• Elena Parent (D, SD-044)
• Nikki Merritt (D, SD-009)
• John Albers (R, SD-056)
• Randal Mangham (D, SD-055)
• Larry Walker (R, SD-020)
• Harold Jones (D, SD-022)
• Donzella James (D, SD-028)
• David Lucas (D, SD-026)
• Colton Moore (R, SD-053)

• road dedication
• Clayton County
• Georgia Senate
• state highways
• honorary resolution