Fayetteville

planners are hoping developers of a new pharmacy

on Ga. Highway 85 can help solve a long-standing

traffic problem next door at Wendy's restaurant.

Planning

Commission members last week asked developers of

a new CVS Pharmacy at 510 N. Glynn St. to

consider working out an agreement to connect the

CVS driveway on Ga. Highway 92 to Wendy's so some

of the restaurant's customers can exit that way.

Currently,

heavy lunchtime crowds at the popular fast-food

restaurant all must use Hwy. 85, and the

restaurant hires off-duty police officers to

direct traffic at peak times.

The

problem with that, say city officials, is that

traffic backs up on 85 in favor of letting the

customers out.

Access

to Hwy. 92 won't completely solve the problem,

said city manager Mike Bryant, but it couldn't

hurt. "This should take some pressure off

85," he said.

The

idea came up just a day before CVS's development

plan was to be considered by the Planning

Commission last week, so a shared access

agreement couldn't be worked out in time to make

it part of the development plan. But CVS

spokesmen promised to contact Wendy's owners and

"work it out if we can."

The

super pharmacy's property wraps around Checker's,

and plans include a shared driveway with that

restaurant. With slight changes in design, the

driveway can be extended to Wendy's as well, said

Bryant.

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