[RP TownTalk] Cut-throuhs/development

[Alan K. Thompson]

Sue,

Yesterday afternoon the District Council approved rezoning of the property
(with conditions).  The next step in the *standard* process would be
submission of a "Preliminary Plan of Subdivision" (which is where the
layout of the streets would happen, among other things).  One of the
conditions attached to the rezoning, however (#14 on page 90, available at
http://www.mncppcapps.org/planning/PlanningBoardAgenda/02-16-2012/Item4C_PGCPB_12_09.pdf--
labeled as "draft" but I received a printed copy of the adopted
resolution in the mail and the conditions are the same) the applicant
*must*submit a "Revised Traffic scoping agreement and Impact Study."
(Without
this submission the Preliminary Plan cannot be accepted by staff and the
project will just wait, which the Cafritz team does not want to happen).

It is mandatory that the submitted Impact Study (14.c.5) "Analyzes the
impact of the development on the intersections as specified in the scoping
agreement and those in the July 27, 2011 study, as well as the *evaluation
of the existing prevailing conditions and traffic impact of the development
on Queensbury Road, existing Maryland Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue south of
Town Center, Lafayette Avenue, Natoli Place, River Road, and other roads as
appropriate*."  (Emphasis mine).

With this Impact Study in hand, we will know, with much more certainty than
we do now, what the traffic will look like and what we need to do to
control it.  It is my understanding that this Impact Study is almost
complete, and we will probably have it within a week or two.

Alan Thompson

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Sue Collins <wheadle at yahoo.com> wrote:

> RE the email about 'cut throughs;' Just as an example of a cut-through
> road; has anyone else tried to walk across Lafayette Avenue and Queensbury
> or Rhode Island and Queensbury at rush hour? Very nearly impossible and
> with the new development, it'll only get worse. And the stores in Town
> Center were mentioned; if part of this land (the parking lot, etc) is taken
> for traffic going to the new developments, who on earth will want to risk
> trying to find a parking space at the Town Center shops, assuming there are
> any new shops?
>
> The impact of the development on what are now lovely towns in the area is
> a big part of my concern and these things need to be addressed BEFORE the
> construction begins. As I said before, I've lived in the area a long time
> which certainly doesn't mean that I'm always right, but DOES mean I've seen
> a lot more instances of development (not just around here) where you hear a
> whole lot of "woulda, coulda, and shoulda" after the fact.
>
>
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