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May 17, 2005
In case you missed it...
City Council approved a pair of north High Point/northeast Davidson developments Monday night, both with some unusual stipulations attached.
The first project would be built off Cedarwood Trail on the Davidson/Forsyth county border, if developer Shugart Management can figure out an affordable way to run water to the site.
The second project will bring 169 houses, townhomes and multifamily housing units near the intersection of Deep River and Willard roads. But developer Kavanagh Associates won't be able to sell all the housing until after City Council approves a construction contract for improvements to the Deep River Road/Eastchester Drive intersection.
More details on both projects can be found here.
So let me toss this question out for you to discuss: Should City Council link approvals for developments to major road improvements more often?
Posted by Eric Swensen at May 17, 2005 1:55 PM
Comments
As a taxpayer, I wonder how much the developer who is going to benefit enormously from building 169 homes and adding hundreds of car trips per day to Deep River will be paying toward the cost of the road improvements.
I'm a High Point taxpayer. Why should I pay for 100 percent of those improvements if that developer is getting so much benefit from it?
Posted by: Norskar at May 17, 2005 4:11 PM
I understand your frustration, Norskar. On the other hand, this intersection already has problems, which is why voters approved spending $2 million last November to improve the intersection.
But you're absolutely right - the developer will benefit from the road improvements. But so will thousands of other drivers and nearby residents. How do you determine who exactly should pay for the cost of these improvements?
Also, under the land's old zoning, the developer could have come in and built around 58 single-family homes without City Council's approval, which also would add to the traffic problems out there.
Posted by: Eric Swensen at May 18, 2005 9:27 AM
