and JOHN

THOMPSON

[email protected]

Although the

Fayette County Commission has signed an agreement to extend TDK Boulevard

from Peachtree City into Coweta County, the City Council of Peachtree

City has yet to ink the deal.

The project

would provide an alternate route for vehicles to enter Peachtree City,

which is seen as significant since the project to widen the already vehicle-clogged

Ga. Highway 54 West to four lanes should begin this summer. Local business

leaders have supported the extension of TDK Boulevard, as has State Sen.

Mitch Seabaugh, R-Sharpsburg.

The city council

met Thursday night in a special session in hopes of signing the agreement.

But councilman Dan Tennant and mayor Steve Brown said the document had

to be fine-tuned by the attorneys before council could sign.

Meanwhile,

an hour later, the Fayette County Commission signed the agreement, which

has the county handling construction on the Peachtree City side of Line

Creek and Coweta County building its side of the road.

It is likely

the agreement will be on the next council meeting, which is slated for

Thursday, Feb. 6.

"The essence

of the agreement is in place and the spirit of the agreement is done;

it's just a matter of lawyering it," Tennant said. "We'll have

it signed, sealed and delivered very soon."

While Tennant

and Brown didn't go into any details about the agreement, county commission

chairman Greg Dunn said Peachtree City will pay the county $200,000 in

two payments over the next two years and let the county manage the project.

At the commission

meeting, Coweta County Commissioner Vernon "Mutt" Hunter reiterated

his county's full cooperation for the road.

In the Atlanta

Regional Commission's long-term transportation plan, the road was not

slated to be built until 2025.