The Fayette

County Water System's plans to dredge Lake Peachtree can move forward

now that Peachtree City has agreed to an easement that will allow the

use of Drake Field as a staging area.

The county

has not yet put the project out for bid but is likely to consider the

matter at an upcoming meeting.

County consulting

engineer Jim Mallett said the county will seek bids that allow contractors

to propose a particular dredging method along with the cost for the work.

Depending on

the type of dredging method selected, there may not be a need to use Drake

Field to stage the dredging equipment, Mallett said.

"We're

going to tell them, if you need an area, we have it," Mallett told

the county's water committee at its regular meeting Wednesday morning.

To avoid having

the equipment access Drake Field from nearby City Hall, the county will

pave a road from an existing curb cut on Ga. Highway 54 closer to the

lake. The Georgia Department of Transportation has already approved that

portion of the project, Mallett said.

Estimates call

for approximately 22,000 cubic yards of sediment to be removed from the

lake, which is owned by Peachtree City. The county water system uses Lake

Peachtree as a reservoir through a special agreement which requires the

county to periodically perform the dredging activities.

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