An unusual two-city subdivision

is working its way through planning processes this month.

A developer's proposal to link

Tyrone and Peachtree City with a road that would connect Crabapple Lane

with Old Senoia Road was scrutinized by the Peachtree City Planning Commission

at a workshop Monday night.

The commission did not rule

on the request; that responsibility lies with the City Council, who will

hold a hearing on the matter at a later date.

Jimmy Halligan of Hyland Developers

said the connecting road would allow better access for emergency vehicles.

But local resident John DuFresne pointed out that the city's Fire Department

currently doesn't respond to Tyrone unless they are called on for a special

situation.

The road would attach to Crabapple

Lane in Peachtree City across from the new elementary school that is under

construction. The school might draw extra "cut through" traffic

in the subdivision, but if the developer installs traffic calming devices

that might be curtailed, said City Planner David Rast.

The subdivision in question,

called Maple Shade, will be developed in two phases, the first in Peachtree

City and the second in Tyrone, Halligan explained. While work has already

begun on the Peachtree City side, the Tyrone tract will be built as a

second phase to the subdivision which wouldn't start until late next year

at the earliest, Halligan said.

The Peachtree City side will

include 45 homes and the phase in Tyrone will have between 52 and 54 homes,

Halligan said. All will be on one-acre lots and will be designed the same

way.

Halligan said Maple Shade will

be marketed as an upscale subdivision and if the connecting road is approved

it will allow him to offer more amenities around a lake that is located

in between the two tracts. The lake would have a dock area and a nearby

pool, but that would be impossible to do financially without the connecting

road, Halligan said.

None of the lots will be on

sewer because currently there is no sewer availability within 500 feet

of the development, Halligan said. Thus, they will all be served by septic

tanks, he added.

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