Peachtree City

Mayor Steve Brown believes TDK Boulevard should be extended to help some

traffic problems in Coweta County.

But Brown also

wants to make sure the extension does just not cause more traffic headaches

for residents in the south part of the county.

The issue of

the TDK Boulevard extension was discussed during Tuesday's meeting of

the Association of Fayette County Governments meeting in Tyrone Tuesday.

Coweta County

Commissioner Vernon "Mutt" Hunter was scheduled to attend the

session and offer Coweta County's perspective on the road, but had to

cancel due to an illness in the family.

Brown told

the other leaders that Coweta County has 55-60 percent of the road, but

has not obtained all the funding for the road.

The Peachtree

City mayor would rather see the focus of the group work towards widening

Ga. Highway 74 south.

"If we

extend TDK Boulevard without widening 74, we're just creating another

traffic dilemma," he said.

The widening

of the road is not set until 2010 at the earliest, and Brown would like

to see the county focus on getting the road done earlier.

But, he added,

the county faces additional problems, because much of the Department of

Transportation's focus has been on projects in the northern suburbs, such

as the now-stalled Northern Arc.

"All the

money's going north," he said.

Overall, Brown

said the meeting was productive and fairly non-acrimonious.

"There

was no blood shed," he said, with a laugh.