It looks

after years of waiting that Tyrone's Dogwood Trail will

soon be paved.

The paving

of the road was the final piece of the puzzle that will

apparently allow Joel Cowan Jr. to build his 169-home

Lake Windsong subdivision in the northern part of the

city.

The town

council last week deferred on voting on the rezoning that

will allow Cowan to start building until next Thursday's

meeting, but as councilman Paul Letourneau said,

"We've got a deal as far as I'm concerned."

A large

crowd showed up last Thursday to watch the debate over

the subdivision. While most of the residents praised

Cowan for his design of the project, they all voiced

concern about the traffic problems that could occur.

Cowan

pledged to support speed control devices on Magnolia

Drive to try and control the speed through Magnolia Farms

from residents leaving his proposed subdivision, but

residents of Crestwood Road complained that the traffic

would then be funneled through their neighborhood.

The only

solution would be to pave Dogwood, said the residents, to

provide another entrance and exit to the subdivision.

Cowan had

originally planned to start the paving of the road no

later than phase three of his subdivision and explained

the road would cost $300,000.

"It's

not something I think a lot of bankers would want to get

involved in," he said.

Councilman

Ronnie Cannon said he would have to have a better

commitment from Cowan.

"We're

trying to protect the quality of life here," he

said.

The council

and Cowan finally agreed that Cowan would start grading

and gravelling the road when he starts phase two of his

subdivision.

Town

manager Barry Amos said he would work on developing a

special road tax district that would give Cowan credits

toward paving of the road when more people moved onto the

road. Amos emphasized that people already living in the

area would not be affected.