The final piece

to the puzzle paving the way for a Wal-Mart Superstore on Ga. Highway

54 West in Peachtree City is almost complete.

But the proposed

"through lane" may end up being a lot shorter than originally

proposed, said state traffic engineer Marion Waters.

The original

idea was to build a third "through" lane to allow westbound

traffic to continuously flow through the stoplight at Huddleston Road,

just across the railroad bridge.

The Wal-Mart,

which is being developed by RAM Development along with an adjacent Home

Depot store that has already been approved, appeared to be in limbo until

the through lane concept came forward. That's because until then, the

city's traffic engineers contended the Wal-Mart could not meet the city's

traffic ordinance until the highway is widened to four lanes at least.

But traffic

engineers for RAM and the city had suggested the through lane as an extra

lane all the way to Wynnmeade Parkway before it merged