Commuters zooming

Highway 74 may have started noticing an increase in activity on the site.

That's because

the facility is now just weeks from opening, according to FAA officials.

The facility

will house the radar division for the air traffic control facilities at

Hartsfield International Airport.

Spokesperson

Kathleen Bergen said air traffic at airports is regulated by controllers

in the tower and at ground level in a radar facility.

The controllers

in the radar operations control flights from 40 to 50 miles outside of

the airport until the plane is within about 15,000 feet. At that point,

the controllers in the tower guide the flights.

The facility

is expected to be commissioned in the next few weeks and she said a ribbon-cutting

will be held to welcome the facility to Peachtree City.

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