and By JOHN THOMPSON

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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

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.

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