All Bob Brown wants is an end to the thundering herd of trucks lumbering down the small roads of Sharpsburg.

But the Coweta County Commissioners told Brown Tuesday, there was very little they could do to control the problem.

Brown told the commissioners that heavy trucks, such as concrete trucks, were using state highways 54 and 154 as short cuts to avoid some of the weight-restricted bridges on Interstate 85. After seeing the trucks continuously ignore signs and tear up roads, Brown said he's had enough.

"The county can set a weight limit or limit the number of axles on these roads. The DOT has portable scales to weigh these vehicles," he said.

The outraged citizen urged the commission to draw up a county ordinance and protect the county's roads from the stress they were enduring under the weight of the large construction-type trucks.

Commissioner Charlie Jones argued that attempting to weigh the trucks would cause even more problems for the county.

"There is no safe area on Marion Beavers Road to take the truck off the road and weigh it. It would create a huge traffic problem," he said.

Jones said he had received complaints about trucks rumbling through his district and had called the trucking companies about the problem. Since his call, Jones said the number of heavy trucks in his area had dramatically decreased.

The other commissioners said there was really no way they could limit trucks by their axles and suggested county administrator Theron Gay get a list of the trucks rolling through Sharpsburg and talk to the owners of the trucks to discourage them from using county roads that cannot support their weight.

After the decision not to draft an ordinance, Brown appeared frustrated outside the meeting room.