Coweta commuters

learned Tuesday night that the four-laning of Ga. Highway 34 from Thomas

Crossroads to Peachtree City is probably not going to occur until 2010.

Nearly 40 people

gathered at State Sen. Mitch Seabaugh's Coweta office to listen to representatives

from the state Department of Transportation discuss Coweta's traffic problems.

After the meeting,

Seabaugh proclaimed the meeting a success.

"I think

the DOT people now know the residents' concerns about traffic problems,"

he said.

The overwhelming

number of questions concerned Hwy. 34, but Seabaugh said residents also

had concerns about Ga. Highway 54 and Ga. Highway 154.

"They

want something done about 154," he said.

Seabaugh would

also like to see all the traffic lights synchronized from Peachtree City

to Newnan and said a traffic light going up at Hwy. 154 and Raymond Hill

Road should provide some relief for residents who commute in the northern

part of the county.

Besides wanting

Hwy. 34 four-laned all the way to Peachtree City, many residents complained

about the lack of turning lanes on the highway and asked DOT officials

to examine the situation to make traffic flow better.

Seabaugh said

there are plans to add a turn lane on U.S. Highway 29 in Madras near the

middle school to help traffic flow in that area.

Next week,

Seabaugh is traveling to DOT headquarters to discuss the traffic meetings

he staged this week in Coweta and Fayette counties. He hopes that officials

will be more moved to deal with some of the projects after listening to

the residents' complaints.