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Dunn: ‘Extending TDK is PTC’s decision’Tue, 09/05/2006 - 4:12pm
By: John Thompson
Fayette County Commission Chairman Greg Dunn has been involved in the ongoing struggle for years to get TDK Boulevard Extension built and is philosophical about the recently renewed debate about the wisdom of constructing a new corridor into Coweta County. “If the road doesn’t get built, I’m not going to cry in my soup over it,” Dunn said. The issue is squarely in the hands of the Peachtree City Council, Dunn said, although the road would provide another valuable east-west connector. “That’s the problem right now is we don’t have enough roads to get people through our county,” he said. So far, Dunn said, Peachtree City has spent $350,000 on engineering costs for the TDK Extension and has given the county $200,000 towards construction costs. But if the road was stopped, Dunn said the county would give the money back to Peachtree City and use the funds it has appropriated for TDK for other projects. “We’ll abide by their decision,” Dunn said. Earlier this summer, it appeared the final piece of the puzzle slipped into place for TDK Boulevard being extended into Coweta County. In late July, Peachtree City and its Airport Authority reached an agreement with Pathway Communities for the purchase of land to relocate two golf holes at Planterra Ridge. The land is being funded by a $2 million grant from the Federal Aviation Authority, and everything seemed in place for providing another east-west connector in Fayette County. But after developer Tom Reese unveiled plans to develop a small city with more than 3,100 homes and 900,000 square feet of commercial space just south of the proposed road and adjacent to Peachtree City’s western border, the extension has turned back into the political football it was for years. “I expect we’ll be riding down TDK by the end of 2008,” Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon said when the deal was consummated. Former Peachtree City Mayor Steve Brown has led the charge to get the road stopped, and is encouraging residents to contact state agencies and voice opposition to Reese’s project. Brown has also written the Coweta County Commission and urged them to not rezone the property. On The Citizen’s Web site, posters are urging readers to contact the Peachtree City Council and stop the road from being built. Dunn said everyone knew the Coweta side of the road would be developed, and will continue to be developed even if the TDK Extension does not get built. “If you don’t build it, people will pour out onto highways 54 and 34, which we just got fixed,” he added. While Dunn is not happy about the high-density projects being built on Fayette’s borders, he said there’s nothing local leaders can do to stop the projects. Instead, they have to work within their own borders to make sure that residents can get to where they need to be. “Another problem area is Rockaway Road [into Peachtree City from Senoia] and that has to be addressed,” he said. login to post comments
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