Fayette's future

transportation plans will be on view Thursday night for interested residents.

The county

is staging a workshop Aug. 8 from 5-7 p.m. at County Administrative Complex

to obtain citizen input on the county's transportation plan.

The workshop

is part of the county's transportation study with Atlanta-based URS, which

is one of the largest design firms in the United States.

The county

is spending $140,000 for the traffic study.

The commissioners

also want the consulting firm to realize how residents commute.

"This

is primarily a road transportation plan. People are not going to shop

on bike paths," said Commissioner Peter Pfeifer, when the county

approved funds for the study.

In its overview

of the project, URS officials said Fayette County has 528 miles of roadway,

but very few multi-lane highways.

"In order

to ensure that future needs can be met, corridors to accommodate new travel

demands and relieve facilities that will be over capacity must be identified,"

an official said.

But as Commissioner

A.G. VanLandingham said during the approval process, the hard work begins

after the study is completed.

"If we're

not going to seek funding for these projects, than this is a waste of

money. We have to look at ways of funding," he said.

Commission

chairman Greg Dunn agreed. Since Fayette County does not have anywhere

near the traffic congestion of counties north of Atlanta, he said the

majority of money will be heading to those counties. He said the county

will get some help, but will have to figure out a way to pay for the projects.

The study should

be completed by late this year so the county can present it to the Atlanta

Regional Commission in January.