and By JOHN THOMPSON

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It appears

that local governments have their financial ducks in a row to get TDK

Boulevard extended into Coweta County as an alternate route to Peachtree

City's industrial park.

The Peachtree

City Council held a special meeting last night to consider funding for

the project while the Fayette County Commission discussed its share of

the TDK funding an hour later at its regular meeting.

Representatives

from both sides met last Thursday morning and although they were close

to an agreement, Councilman Dan Tennant said they didn't want to release

any information about the preliminary agreement.

"It's

slightly premature to go into the details but we have every reason to

believe the TDK extension will happen," Tennant said. "Hopefully

we'll get this resolved real soon."

Local businesses

and industries are clamoring for the road work, particularly to relieve

the influx of their employees who live in Coweta County and depend on

the traffic-choked Ga. Highway 54 to travel to Peachtree City.

The Peachtree

City Council plans to attend the County Commission meeting after adjourning

its meeting at the suggestion of councilwoman Annie McMenamin "in

the spirit of cooperation."

Across Line

Creek in Coweta County, the Coweta County Commission awaited results from

Thursday's commission meeting.

The county

has already committed up to $1 million to fund the road, and Commissioner

Vernon "Mutt" Hunter said the county stands ready to start on

its portion of the road.

"I've

met with Fayette County Commission chairman Greg Dunn and Peachtree City

Mayor Steve Browb twice. I told them we would be dealing with Fayette

County on the issue and waited to hear back," he said.

Hunter is tired

of the innuendos and allegations that he has heard about Coweta's committment

to the road since Brown's election and said Coweta has always been committed

to the road.

He said Coweta's

portion of the road should not take that long to build, but said Fayette,

Coweta and Peachtree City will have to work together on getting the bridge

built that crosses Line Creek.

"The bridge

will take longer to coordinate," he said.