Fairburn officials

are moving ahead with their plan to provide sewerage to Tyrone, despite

objections from Fayette County.

Fairburn City

Manager Tony Cox said he has not heard anything new from Fayette officials

after Fayette County Commission Chairman Greg Dunn expressed his disapproval

of Fairburn providing sewer capacity to Tyrone.

Cox said the

city just has to have Fulton County and the city of Atlanta sign off on

the city's permit before the excess capacity can be provided to the Fayette

town.

Cox is hopeful

the two governments will give their approval by the middle of June.

"I think

Fulton County is just waiting for all the cities to give their approval,"

Cox said.

In the meantime,

Tyrone officials are waiting for the approval before issuing building

permits for a John Wieland Homes mixed-use development on Ga. Highway

74. Wieland is seeking sewer service for the neighborhood because poor

soils in the area make septic systems a risky prospect.

Tyrone Town

Manager Barry Amos believes the sewer lines could be run within 90 days

of the permit being granted and the town is ready to move forward with

the Wieland project.

The permits

could have been finalized earlier, but Amos explained that Fairburn had

to change its service delivery strategy.

"It read

that sewerage would be provided by Fulton County. Now it reads [that]

it will be provided by the county and Fairburn," he said.

In order to

change the strategy, all the governments in Fulton County have to approve

the project.

Amos has not

heard any objections from anybody in Fulton County, but said the hangup

appears to be getting the project through the city of Atlanta bureacracy.

Tyrone officials

last week approved a Publix grocery store at the Wieland site, but Amos

said the store will need the sewer capacity from Fairburn before it can

be built.