The Summit

Apartments will open without a traffic light off Ga. Highway 54 at MacDuff

Parkway as originally planned.

Though this

could cause difficulties for Summit residents, the developer has informally

agreed to post a traffic control officer at the intersection if traffic

becomes a problem in the area, said Peachtree City Information Specialist

Betsy Tyler.

According to

a condition of the concept plan, the apartments couldn't open until the

traffic light on Hwy. 54 at Wynnmeade Parkway was relocated to Hwy. 54

at MacDuff Parkway.

But under a

development agreement with developers in the area, a cash bond could be

posted instead.

RAM Development

posted that cash bond recently, Tyler said.

The city has

also issued a certificate of occupancy for the first phase of the apartments

and an office, Tyler confirmed.

City Planner

David Rast told the Planning Commission Monday night that the certificate

of occupancy was issued for the clubhouse building and one apartment building

in the 399-unit complex.

Rast said there

were problems with moving the traffic light which weren't anticipated.

One of those

problems is the moving of utilities to the new site, which will require

much work, he added.

The engineer

of the project didn't take into account the location of overhead utility

lines, which will have to be raised, he said.

"It's

a lot more time consuming than we originally thought," Rast said.

Although MacDuff

Parkway has already been connected to the Wynnmeade subdivision, the city

has not accepted that portion of MacDuff Parkway, Tyler said. That's because

the city doesn't want residents of the apartment complex to cut through

Wynnmeade to reach the traffic light to get onto Hwy. 54, she added.

"It will

not be used as a cut through," Tyler said.

The access

road off MacDuff to Wynnmeade has been barricaded so motorists may not

use it.

Once the Wynnmeade

traffic light is relocated to MacDuff Parkway, Wynnmeade residents will

use MacDuff Parkway to gain eastbound access to Hwy. 54.