Students driving

golf carts to McIntosh High School will eventually have their very own

parking lot on campus.

School officials

plan to build a six-inch high sidewalk to cordon off an area of the existing

parking lot to create space for upwards of 200 golf carts, said Assistant

School Superintendent Stuart Bennett.

The golf cart

parking area, which will be located near the football and soccer practice

fields, will be accessed through the cart path that currently serves the

school, Bennett said.

Golf carts

have previously been disallowed on campus because of the dangers of mixing

golf cart traffic with that of other automobiles.

"That's

the biggest safety concern we have," Bennett said.

Currently,

students driving golf carts to school park on Prime Point, which has caused

some friction with businesses there.

"It wasn't

really an issue before now because the driving age for golf carts was

16," Bennett said, adding that most students would graduate to an

automobile after turning 16.

But now the

city allows 15-year-olds to drive golf carts alone, and that has increased

the amount of students driving carts to school, Bennett said.

"We feel

like a lot of students are going to drive golf carts now and we need to

get them off Prime Point," Bennett said.

Peachtree City

officials have agreed to help with the project, which should begin within

a few weeks, Bennett said.

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