Peachtree City’s engineer is recommending that the city scrap a project to realign the intersection of Huddleston Road and Dividend Drive in the city’s industrial park because it would need “extensive” purchasing of right of way property.

The issue is up for consideration by the Peachtree City Council at its regular meeting Thursday night at 7 p.m.

The project has already been designed, but it will require additional right of way acquisition that would send the estimated city cost upwards of $226,000. Instead, staff is proposing the use of local funds to add turn lanes on Huddleston and Dividend within the existing right-of-way, according to a memo to council from City Planner David Rast.

The project will conflict with existing utilities, requiring relocation of power poles and a possible sewer force main.

Council will also discuss requesting federal funding assistance for several transportation projects, including:

• Intersection improvements at Peachtree Parkway and Crosstown Drive;

• Intersection improvements at Peachtree Parkway and Walt Banks Road; and

• A multi-use path along Ga. Highway 74 S. from Cooper Circle to the South Baseball and Soccer Complex.

These projects have already been approved for funding by the Atlanta Regional Commission. If approved, the grants would total $644,000 and require $251,000 in local matching funds.

The city already owns enough land at the intersection of Peachtree Parkway and Crosstown Road to accommodate that project. The work at the parkway and Walt Banks Road will require additional land depending on the construction option.

Council is also expected to discuss the city’s mosquito control program, which involves the draining of standing water when possible and the use of larvicide in water that can’t be drained. The program is implemented by the fire department.

According to a memo from Fire Chief Stony Lohr, the city treats public areas where persons are more susceptible to problems from the mosquito-borne West Nile virus. Those areas include the All Children’s Playground off Lake Peachtree, the Field of Hope at the South Baseball and Soccer Complex, and around the Southland Nursing Home and the Ashley Glen Assisted Living complexes.

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