After months

of silence, it appears the Coweta County Board of Commissioners is getting

ready to take another look at the county's megasite proposal.

During Tuesday's

Commission meeting, Commissioner Lawrence Nelms said he understood the

county would soon be voting on a zoning proposal for the site.

"I still

would like a second crack at this after we determine what's going to be

there," he said.

Nelms added

that a company that brought 5,000 employees to the county would mean 10,000

more cars on the road and more children crowding into the school system.

The 1,200-acre

site near Moreland is one of five megasites the state will use to encourage

large manufacturing operations to move their businesses to Georgia.

The site is

next to Interstate 85 at Exit 8.

Hunter added

that if a mega-site project is good for the county, he'll support it.

Scott Frederick,

director of 21st Century Coweta, told the Commission earlier this year

that the property owners had agreed to let the property be listed as a

mega-site for industrial recruitment.

Megasites typically

draw companies such as automobile manufacturers, and Frederick said Coweta's

site has everything that major industrial projects want.

"It's

close to an interstate, a municipal airport, a rail line and is a short

distance from Hartsfield International Airport," said Frederick.

Typically,

large scale industrial companies look for 500-acre tracts and Frederick

said this site is even more attractive because of the additional acreage.

The commissioners

agreed in the spring that a megasite task force should be formed to keep

the public informed of issues such as environmental concerns, traffic

studies and economic impact.

County officials

did not disclose when a possible vote on the site would occur.