A massive development

slated for South Fulton Parkway is causing a few concerns in Fairburn.

The Cedar Grove

Lakes project is a 2,305-unit development proposed at the intersection

of Cedar Grove Road and South Fulton Parkway on 560 acres. If it's approved

and multifamily homes, along with office and commercial development.

When developments

are classified as developments of regional impact and can affects adjacent

cities, the Atlanta Regional Commission asks the cities for their opinion.

In a letter

to the ARC, Fairburn City Administrator Tony Cox said the development

would affect his city in three areas.

The first area

is traffic impact. Cox explained the development is near Rivertown Road,

which is a small two-lane road in Fairburn.

"Rivertown

Road will be significantly impacted," Cox wrote.

The administrator

believes some of the traffic generated by the project will be filtered

onto Rivertown Road, which connects to Short Road and Cedar Grove Road

in the project.

The second

major impact would be on Pea Creek.

"Fairburn

is studying a regional water supply reservoir which will draw from Pea

Creek. Runoff generated by this project could adversely impact that water

supply," he said.

The final impact

would be on the Camp Creek Sewage Treatment Plant.

Because of

the large-scale developments proposed for the area, many municipalities

are worried about the plant capacity at Camp Creek. Cox warns that ARC

needs to study this issue closely.

"ARC should

closely scrutinize present capacity and preparations to expand capacity

so that we may not face the moratoriums now in place in north Fulton,"

he said.