Peachtree City

officials and their Fayette County counterparts seem to have finalized

the details for extending TDK Boulevard across Line Creek into Coweta

County.

An agreement

between the two entities will be presented to the City Council Thursday

night for approval.

The agreement

calls for Fayette County to handle construction of the road, with Peachtree

City chipping in $200,000. But if money from the Georgia Department of

Transportation becomes available, the county will get the money since

it will be in charge of construction.

In turn, Peachtree

City will also continue to finish the engineering for the project and

perform the necessary environmental studies.

The city must

also agree to maintain the road once it is built, according to the agreement.

"We will

hand it to the county ready to bid, said Peachtree City Mayor Steve Brown.

The agreement

was informally reached between city and county officials last week, Brown

said. The agreement still must be approved by both governmental entities,

however.

"When

I left the county commission building, it just seemed like everybody was

content," Brown said. "The issues that we had to work on were

relatively minor."

The road is

hailed as another way for employees who live in Coweta County to enter

the city's industrial park. State Sen. Mitch Seabaugh touted the road

as an alternate route between Fayette and Coweta that would help relieve

congestion on Ga. Highwya 54, particularly once the widening of Hwy. 54

to four lanes begins this summer.

Brown said

he had received much pressure to have the city spend the estimated $750,000

share of building its portion of the TDK extension, which will link up

with McIntosh Trail in Coweta County. Critics claimed he was standing

in the way of the project although that was not the case, Brown said.

But Brown said

he felt the agreement reached between the city and the county was a better

deal.

Brown said

he was also encouraged by commitments from legislators to speed up the

widening of Ga. Highway 74 from two to four lanes.

"I feel

like we're in a very good position," Brown said.