The Peachtree

City Airport Authority faces some tough decisions in the coming months

about what major projects should be prioritized.

Should the

authority try and lock up a 60-acre tract west of the runway to insure

its future growth? What about building hangar sites and infrastructure

on the 23-plus acre site southeast of the airport that the authority is

purchasing from Peachtree City Holdings, a subsidiary of Pathway Communities?

Or are those

projects outweighed by the need for a precision landing system, which

would allow corporate customers of the airport to land during inclement

weather, which involves purchasing land and easements?

Then there's

the project to pave the "overrun" safety area at the end of

the runway. Where does that fit in?

There was no

easy answer as the authority debated the projects briefly at its meeting

last week. The discussion was tabled in anticipation of more information

on the projects becoming available in the coming months.

"It's

a tough decision," said Airport Manager Jim Savage.

The priority

list will be submitted to the Georgia Department of Transportation, but

the Federal Aviation Administration also uses the data to determine which

of the projects it can fund.

"We really

won't know until the end of next year," which projects the FAA will

back, Savage said.

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