Senoia

might soon be reliving its historic past as a railroad

town, if the Atlanta Regional Commission's transportation

plan comes to fruition.

The

planning agency's $37 billion plan calls for four

commuter rail lines including an Atlanta to Senoia line.

The line

would start in Senoia and include stops in Peachtree City

and Tyrone before hooking up with MARTA near Hartsfield

International Airport.

Cost for

the project is pegged at $70 million and the report does

not issue a specific target date for the opening of the

line. ARC's plan is a 25-year plan and is designed to

improve accessibility to transportation for residents in

the region, along with attaining regional air quality

goals.

Senoia

Mayor Joan Trammell said she was thrilled to discover the

rail line is still a key component of the plan.

"I've

had a lot of developers asking about it," she said.

Trammell

plans to get in touch with ARC officials to try and get a

firmer grip on the plan and to learn when commuter rail

cars could be rolling through Senoia.

Another

component of the plan could also affect Coweta's

commuters. ARC is proposing an increase of 220 miles of

high occupancy vehicle lanes. Nearly eight of those miles

would run down Interstate 85 south from Interstate 285 to

Ga. Highway 74 at exit 12.

ARC

officials estimate another million people will move into

the region by 2025 and are trying to eliminate some of

the traffic congestion and dirty air problems that will

come with the new residents.

The plan

focuses on getting more people to use alternative forms

of transportation, such as car-pooling and transit. ARC

estimates if the plan is implemented that transit

ridership will increase from 278,000 a day to 527,000 a

day by 2025.

The full

plan will be presented to the ARC board next Monday.