Get ready to

stop again. Sort of, anyway.

Peachtree City's

newest traffic light on Ga. Highway 54, at the intersection of Willowbend

and Flat Creek roads, is scheduled to be fully activated by Wednesday,

said City Engineer Troy Besseche. The light began flashing yesterday to

allow motorists to become aware of the light's presence before it becomes

fully operational.

The signal

will be programmed to maximize the green time on Hwy. 54, turning green

for side streets only when an appropriate gap opens in traffic on the

highway, according to city officials.

The signal

on Hwy. 54 at Northlake Drive and Willowbend Road will soon be replaced

and that light will be linked to the Willowbend/Flat Creek Road signal

via a fiber optic system.

Eventually,

the city plans for that fiber optic system to control all the traffic

lights from the new signal westward to Coweta County.

The new light

is one of several planned traffic light changes for the stretch of Hwy.

54 as it extends westward towards the Coweta County line.

A new traffic

light will likely be erected in March when The Avenue retail center opens

up.

That signal

will be on Hwy. 54 at the intersection of Marketplace Blvd., and it must

be operational before the development is opened according to an agreement

between the developers and the city.

Also in the

future is the scheduled relocation of the traffic light at Wynnmeade Parkway,

which will be moved to the new MacDuff Parkway.