Peachtree City

residents shouldn't expect a traffic light on Ga. Highway 54 West for

MacDuff Parkway anytime soon.

Developers

responsible for moving the signal there from its current location at Wynnmeade

Parkway have told the city it will take between six and eight weeks for

the project from start to finish, said Jim Williams, the city's director

of developmental services. That time frame is dependent upon the issuance

of a permit from the Georgia Department of Transportation, which is expected

in the next few days, Williams added.

Meanwhile,

during periods of heavy traffic, motorists are finding it near impossible

to turn left off MacDuff Parkway toward the heart of Peachtree City. The

City Council was slated to discuss a host of options to improve rush-hour

traffic in the area at its meeting last night.

The city has

allowed one project on the new MacDuff Parkway to partially open. Summit

Apartments has been allowed to open three of its buildings for occupancy,

but city officials don't want to issue any more certificates of occupancy

until the traffic light work is done.

When the signal

is relocated, there will be a period of time when neither Wynnmeade nor

MacDuff have a signal. But Williams said the city has been told the down

time "will be very brief."

The DOT originally

ordered back in 1999 that MacDuff Parkway could not open until the signal

was relocated. But in a letter issued this month, the DOT agreed to temporarily

open the road for right-in, right-out only access for 120 days.

To get around

the heavy traffic, many motorists turn right out of MacDuff so they can

turn around in the Wynnmeade subdivision and use that light to get eastbound

access to Hwy. 54.

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