|
|
|
Agreement reached on TDK Legal details to be worked out By JOHN
MUNFORD By JOHN
THOMPSON Agreement to fund and build a new east-west connector between Fayette and Coweta counties is nearly a done deal, with just final touches from lawyers holding up final passage, officials said Thursday night. "The essence of the agreement is in place and the spirit of the agreement is done; it's just a matter of lawyering it," said Peachtree City Councilman Dan Tennant. "We'll have it signed, sealed and delivered very soon," Tennant said of the extension of TDK Boulevard into Coweta County. Mayor Steve Brown agreed that the remaining issues were minor in scope. Councilwoman Annie McMenamin said she understood that Coweta County stood ready to commit its funds to the project as well. During Thursday's County Commission meeting, Fayette's leaders signed off an intergovernmental agreement calling for full support for the road. Coweta County Commissioner Vernon "Mutt" Hunter attended the meeting and reiterated his county's full cooperation for the road. Fayette Chairman Greg Dunn explained the deal was essentially done, except for some final wording in the agreement. He also said the road would not have been able to be built this soon without the cooperation of local governments. Thursday night the Peachtree City Council met in a specially called meeting specifically to sign the deal. Council specifically wanted to ink the deal and then attend the county commission meeting at 7 p.m. to show support for the agreement in the hopes the county would also sign on Thursday night. But county officials want their lawyers to have one more crack at it before they are ready to consider approving it, said Tennant. In the Atlanta Regional Commission's long-term transportation plan, the road was not slated to be built until 2025. Considering the road an immediate need, Dunn, along with Peachtree City and Coweta County leaders, worked out a deal to fund the road locally. Essentially, Coweta County will build its side of the road and Fayette County will handle construction on this side of Line Creek. Dunn said Peachtree City will pay the county $200,000 in two payments over the next two years and let the county manage the project. Local business leaders are pushing the project as an alternate route for Coweta County residents who work in Peachtree City's industrial park. State Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg) also wants the TDK project done soon to help alleviate congestion on Ga. Highway 54 West in Peachtree City, which will likely get worse as construction begins on making that stretch of highway four lanes.
|
||