Residents hoping

to see a traffic light at the intersection of Ga. Highway 34 and Andrew

Bailey Road will be waiting a while.

At Tuesday's

Coweta County Commission meeting, Commissioner Leigh Schlumper said she

learned the traffic light is not on the Georgia Department of Transportation's

schedule until 2007.

Two weeks ago,

the board approved a request to rezone a 23.6-acre site at Hwy. 34 and

Andrew Bailey Road from rural reserve to commercial.

The site features

128,000 square feet of space that will be used for retail, office and

service establishments.

"One of

the reasons I supported the zoning was I thought we would get the light

sooner," Schlumper said.

But with no

light in the foreseeable future, Schlumper asked the board to approve

striping for the area to try and help the traffic jams that routinely

occur at the area.

She said the

road was wide enough to provide for a left-turn lane onto Hwy. 34. While

she acknowledged the striping won't totally solve the problem, she said

it is a step in the right direction.

The board agreed

and voted to approve striping the road.