Though both

sides have met, the dispute surrounding the estimated traffic created

hasn't been settled.

The City Council

will eventually decide whether to approve a conceptual site plan for the

Wal-Mart, which was turned down by the Peachtree City Planning Commission.

The city has taken the stance that the traffic created by the Wal-Mart

would cause it to violate the city's traffic ordinance, at least until

Ga. Highway 54 is widened from Ga. Highway 74 to the Coweta County line,

which is several years down the road.

Both the city

and Ram Development, which submitted the concept plan, performed separate

traffic studies on how Wal-Mart would affect traffic in the area. Ram's

study shows that the Wal-Mart wouldn't adversely affect the traffic.

A meeting was

conducted several weeks ago between attorneys and traffic engineers for

both sides. At the meeting, the city agreed to have its traffic engineers

check their figures, City Attorney Rick Lindsey said.

Lindsey said

Tuesday that he hasn't heard back from the traffic engineering firm of

Dames and Moore, which performed the traffic study for the city.

Last December,

the City Council approved a site plan for Home Depot, which would be across

Hwy. 54 from the Planterra Ridge subdivision. The proposed Wal-Mart super

store would be on the same site as the Home Depot.

Meanwhile,

traffic is expected to get worse somewhat with more new retail development

near the Hwy. 54-74 intersection. The Avenue retail center, expected to

fully open early next year, will require a traffic light to be erected

on Hwy. 54 at the entrance to Marketplace, next to Don Pablo's mexican

restaurant.

Though a traffic

light won't be required for Home Depot to be on-line, the relocation of

a traffic light to the new Line Creek (MacDuff) Parkway will help feed

motorists to the Home Depot site.