The Fayetteville

City Council has agreed to reconsider whether it still wants a road connection

built between two subdivisions on South Jeff Davis Drive.

When the council

approved a rezoning for the Highland Park subdivision back in 1997, it

required the developer to build a road connecting the subdivision to Pecan

Chase, which is to the east. At the time, council indicated the connection

was necessary to create a second entrance into Highland Park for public

safety reasons.

But at Thursday

night's council meeting, representatives of the Highland Park homeowners

association spoke against the extension of Stillwood Drive,, saying it

would increase traffic in their neighborhood.

Although several

council members disagreed in what at times was a lively exchange, council

tabled the issue so it could consult with the city's fire and police chiefs

and determine if the connection was still necessary.

The road would

allow Highland Park residents to wind through Pecan Chase to reach Ga.

Highway 54 instead of having to take South Jeff Davis which can get backed

up with traffic in the mornings.

"Because

it is convoluted, only you and your neighbors would know how to do it

and Joe Public wouldn't," Mayor Ken Steele said about the shortcut

to Hwy. 54 the road connection would create.

Homeowner Association

President Don Reed said no one was interested in having that convenience.

"I have

yet to hear a voice in favor of the connection," Reed said, adding

that the area could be restored to look more like a curb if council decides

to forego the road extension.

Laron Butts,

whose house is located where the road would be built, said homeowners

are also concerned about providing another access point to the subdivision's

pool area.

Butts said

he was initially told the road would stay a dead end, but he learned at

the closing on his home that there were plans to extend it.

Councilman

Walt White said the road connection was the only thing he liked about

this project, and he noted that he voted against the rezoning for the

subdivision in 1997.

"I thought

the density was too high," White said.

Councilman

Bill Talley said he didn't see why council should require the road since

so many residents of Highland Park were against it.

"It was

always intended to be a complete street," said Councilman Al Hovey-King.