The struggle for sewerage in

Tyrone took another turn last week as Tyrone's city leaders authorized

the town to countersue Fayette County over the issue.

The suit is in response to

Fayette County's efforts to have the courts stop the town from running

sewer lines to Fairburn to provide service for major developments in town.

Town Manager Barry Amos said

the countersuit is asking for the county to pay for all legal fees that

Tyrone expends during its defense of the sewer agreement with Fairburn.

Amos said the matter will be

filed in Fulton Superior Court, but he did not know if it would be heard

as part of the county's lawsuit against Tyrone.

Tyrone won the first round

of legal battles Oct. 26 when a Fulton judge refused to issue a temporary

restraining order to stop the construction of sewer lines from Fairburn

to Tyrone.

If the sewer lines are allowed

to be run, they would allow John Wieland's Southhampton development to

tie into Fairburn's excess sewerage capacity.

Another project that would

tie into the system is Phil Seay's commercial development on Ga. Highway

74 that fronts the Wieland development.

Seay's project includes a Publix

grocery store, but Amos said Seay told him that he is changing developers

for the project.

The town has already approved

Publix's concept for the site, and Amos said the town will work with Seay

if the development plan is the same the town approved earlier this year.

If the plan changes, Seay would

have to go through the approval process again.

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