Wednesday, February 5, 2003
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Wednesday, February 5, 2003 |
County, PTC strike deal to move forward on TDK road extensionBy JOHN
MUNFORD
Peachtree City officials and their Fayette County counterparts seem to have finalized the details for extending TDK Boulevard across Line Creek into Coweta County. An agreement between the two entities will be presented to the City Council Thursday night for approval. The agreement calls for Fayette County to handle construction of the road, with Peachtree City chipping in $200,000. But if money from the Georgia Department of Transportation becomes available, the county will get the money since it will be in charge of construction. In turn, Peachtree City will also continue to finish the engineering for the project and perform the necessary environmental studies. The city must also agree to maintain the road once it is built, according to the agreement. "We will hand it to the county ready to bid, said Peachtree City Mayor Steve Brown. The agreement was informally reached between city and county officials last week, Brown said. The agreement still must be approved by both governmental entities, however. "When I left the county commission building, it just seemed like everybody was content," Brown said. "The issues that we had to work on were relatively minor." The road is hailed as another way for employees who live in Coweta County to enter the city's industrial park. State Sen. Mitch Seabaugh touted the road as an alternate route between Fayette and Coweta that would help relieve congestion on Ga. Highwya 54, particularly once the widening of Hwy. 54 to four lanes begins this summer. Brown said he had received much pressure to have the city spend the estimated $750,000 share of building its portion of the TDK extension, which will link up with McIntosh Trail in Coweta County. Critics claimed he was standing in the way of the project although that was not the case, Brown said. But Brown said he felt the agreement reached between the city and the county was a better deal. Brown said he was also encouraged by commitments from legislators to speed up the widening of Ga. Highway 74 from two to four lanes. "I feel like we're in a very good position," Brown said.
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