Fayette County stands to get

more than $5.5 million in transportation funds if the Atlanta Regional

Commission's transportation plan gets the green light.

Fayette County public works

director Lee Hearn said the millions are far more than Fayette County

is used to getting.

"Chairman Greg Dunn and

Sen. Mitch Seabaugh have done a really good job in getting our projects

moved up," Hearn said.

The ARC's Transportation Improvement

Plan has passed muster with the ARC's board, and Hearn said the county

could see the funds start flowing soon.

The biggest project in the

2003-2005 plan is $5.07 million for right-of-way acquisition to widen

Ga. Highway 74 to four lanes from Ga. Highway 54 to south of Crosstown

Road.

Other projects in the plan

include:

Reimbursing the county nearly

$54,000 for transportation of the county's elderly and people with disabilities.

Realigning Huddleston Drive

and Dividend Drive at a cost of $150,000.

Building the first phase of

a multi-use trail down Redwine Road for $300,000. Hearn said the trail

would start near Grady Avenue and end at Horseshoe Circle in the first

phase.

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