Plans to add

six covered tennis courts and a clubhouse/office building at the Peachtree

City Tennis Center have been approved by the city's Planning Commission.

The plans are

part of the $2.5 million final phase of the center, which is located off

Ga. Highway 54 West near the entrance to the Planterra Ridge subdivision.

Tennis center

director Virgil Christian said the entire project will take between six

and nine months to complete. The goal is to have it ready for the annual

national junior tennis tournament held Memorial Day weekend, Christian

added.

The 10,500

sq. ft. clubhouse building will include offices at the lower level and

a pro shop and light grill upstairs. It will also have outdoor seating

under a canopy, he said.

Currently,

the tennis center rents office space off-site and the clubhouse would

have plenty of offices to meet the center's needs, Christian added.

The covered

courts will allow tennis to be played rain or shine. It will also allow

for major college and professional tournaments to be held at the center

in the future.

Both the courts

and clubhouse will have roofs with the same color material as the current

building. The plans also include 80 new parking spaces with an additional

40 golf cart spaces and overflow parking of 54 spaces.

The expansion

plans were developed with the input of Planterra Ridge residents, Christian

added. At their request, the plans include screening material between

the subdivision and the southern border of the expansion, Christian added.

The subdivision

will also benefit from a cart path connection the center has agreed to

build linking the subdivision with Huddleston Road.

The tennis

center has a waiting list for memberships, but since it is public anyone

can play there, Christian said.

The center

is hosting its annual women's professional tournament here through Sunday.

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