Petition to oppose the Planned Unit Development-Conditional Zoning District (PUD-CZ) at the intersection of Laura Duncan and N. Salem St. in Apex, NC
We, the undersigned, are opposed to the apartment development proposed at the intersection of Laura Duncan Road and North Salem Street, Apex, NC for the following reasons:
- Traffic and safety of pedestrians are major areas of concern. Traffic jams east of the two-lane N. Salem-Old Apex Rd already spans the distance between before the Salem Church merging lanes and the Old Apex/Cary Parkway intersection. The intersections along the N. Salem St-Old Apex Rd are routinely blocked by traffic from Salem Church Rd, traffic turning onto Laura Duncan Rd or towards Cary Parkway during rush hour.
- The traffic will disproportionately surge during morning and evening rush hours, causing traffic issues during critical times for the existing neighborhoods.
- The traffic surge during morning rush hours will also negatively impact safety for children, since students walk to nearby schools in the mornings. In general, the area traffic is continuing to increase, and heavy traffic is already common at times from North Salem St and Laura Duncan Rd, which may not have been anticipated during the last rezoning approval.
- Schools in the area are already reported at overcapacity, and the council should not approve multi-family dwellings that creates or exacerbates a situation that will cause school concurrency to fail for this proposal and/or other approved plans.
- Once the property is rezoned, the developer can change the original concept within the approved PUD-CZ zoning.
Updates
November 2, 2021
We just hit 500 signatures and the developers are finally going to realize that we are done being ignored. This project is a disaster for our local schools and the city council needs to stop prioritizing corporate profits over our neighborhood safety.
Reached 500 supporters
November 1, 2021
Reached 100 supporters
October 26, 2021
177 Comments
The mass development on this property should be reevaluated due to safety concerns in regards to traffic & due to the close proximity of the school. A much smaller project should be considered with less traffic.
No details regarding several items. Traffic (school and other daily traffic currently a concern), changes in regards to Taxes to handle additional education, sanitation, police, water, etc. Apex had a drought 2009 - what water enhancements have been made?
I believe the current infrastructure does not support such a PUD and will creat an unsafe traffic pattern already dangerous with the grade level railroad crossing. Please reconsider after the intersection is thoroughly upgraded as flyover or other remedy
The locals love this spot when there are pumpkin patches and Christmas trees!! Please don’t take this away from us! Little things like this give apex that small town / special feel. Plus the traffic cannot support an apartment complex !!
Two buses were out of service today and it caused stand still congestion at that intersection for over an hour. Adding 200 units with less than 2 spaces per unit is guaranteed to cause unimaginable traffic, noise and safety issues.
High density housing is ruining this town. We are over populated.
Apex has been ruined by careless growth.
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Petition to oppose the Planned Unit Development-Conditional Zoning District (PUD-CZ) at the intersection of Laura Duncan and N. Salem St. in Apex, NC
We, the undersigned, are opposed to the apartment development proposed at the intersection of Laura Duncan Road and North Salem Street, Apex, NC for the following reasons:
- Traffic and safety of pedestrians are major areas of concern. Traffic jams east of the two-lane N. Salem-Old Apex Rd already spans the distance between before the Salem Church merging lanes and the Old Apex/Cary Parkway intersection. The intersections along the N. Salem St-Old Apex Rd are routinely blocked by traffic from Salem Church Rd, traffic turning onto Laura Duncan Rd or towards Cary Parkway during rush hour.
- The traffic will disproportionately surge during morning and evening rush hours, causing traffic issues during critical times for the existing neighborhoods.
- The traffic surge during morning rush hours will also negatively impact safety for children, since students walk to nearby schools in the mornings. In general, the area traffic is continuing to increase, and heavy traffic is already common at times from North Salem St and Laura Duncan Rd, which may not have been anticipated during the last rezoning approval.
- Schools in the area are already reported at overcapacity, and the council should not approve multi-family dwellings that creates or exacerbates a situation that will cause school concurrency to fail for this proposal and/or other approved plans.
- Once the property is rezoned, the developer can change the original concept within the approved PUD-CZ zoning.
Updates
November 2, 2021
We just hit 500 signatures and the developers are finally going to realize that we are done being ignored. This project is a disaster for our local schools and the city council needs to stop prioritizing corporate profits over our neighborhood safety.
Reached 500 supporters
November 1, 2021
Reached 100 supporters
October 26, 2021
177 Comments
Adding apartments at this location will totally mangle and muff up traffic, will massively increase the water runoff and impact those with houses/property on the wet weather creek bed (causing erosion and property loss)! This is a phenomenally bad idea!
The mass development on this property should be reevaluated due to safety concerns in regards to traffic & due to the close proximity of the school. A much smaller project should be considered with less traffic.
No details regarding several items. Traffic (school and other daily traffic currently a concern), changes in regards to Taxes to handle additional education, sanitation, police, water, etc. Apex had a drought 2009 - what water enhancements have been made?
I believe the current infrastructure does not support such a PUD and will creat an unsafe traffic pattern already dangerous with the grade level railroad crossing. Please reconsider after the intersection is thoroughly upgraded as flyover or other remedy
The locals love this spot when there are pumpkin patches and Christmas trees!! Please don’t take this away from us! Little things like this give apex that small town / special feel. Plus the traffic cannot support an apartment complex !!
Two buses were out of service today and it caused stand still congestion at that intersection for over an hour. Adding 200 units with less than 2 spaces per unit is guaranteed to cause unimaginable traffic, noise and safety issues.
High density housing is ruining this town. We are over populated.
Apex has been ruined by careless growth.
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Adding apartments at this location will totally mangle and muff up traffic, will massively increase the water runoff and impact those with houses/property on the wet weather creek bed (causing erosion and property loss)! This is a phenomenally bad idea!