Residents

of the Oaks at Timberlake received approval by the City

Council last week to extend their cart path outside the

city limits to better connect themselves with the rest of

their development.

The Oaks

subdivision is in Peachtree City, but the rest of

Timberlake, including the development's amenity center,

is not. Residents of the Oaks must cross Peachtree

Parkway to get there, which means either a short ride in

an automobile or a tricky pedestrian crossing of that

busy road.

Extension

of the cart path will give many other Timberlake

residents a connection to the city's path system while

giving families in the Oaks a safer route to the

Timberlake amenity center, city staff said.

Costs for

the project will be borne by the developer, Pathway

Communities, and the Timberlake Homeowners Association.

It will have to meet all existing city standards for its

cart path system.