Franklin Area Residents Oppose Ashcroft Valley

Nashville is booming and its surrounding areas are benefiting due to this growth. However, there are many drawbacks to growth which have been addressed in other comments. Cedarmont and Cross Creek are desirable neighborhoods for their location, lot size and old growth trees. They are quiet neighborhoods with little traffic. Building a road to connect a new neighborhood that will have to pass through 3 existing neighborhoods with no regard for people's property value, drainage issues or safety issues is just wrong. Too many times developers see profits and plan poorly.

Address: 1175 Cross Creek Drive Franklin, TN 37067 1. A contour map study indicates my property, and adjacent property, will be severely affected by development runoff unless the developer has specific plans to address both during and after construction. Tony Grow, the Hydrological Study author has not got back to me with specifics although he promised to do so by 11/13/2015. 2. Ashcroft Ridge is landlocked and plans to use adjacent neighborhoods to handle the estimated 2440 additional trip per day. Traffic will be severely, and negatively impacted as evidenced by the Traffic Study conducted in March 2015 and prepared October 2015. 40% of the additional traffic generated (2440 daily trips) is estimated by the study to divert to Cross Creek Drive getting on to, or off of, Hwy 96. Dangerous, very time consuming, and an overflow situation on Hwy 96. 3. Blasting, on the rock cap under the Adams property will transmit to adjacent properties to include foundations, septic systems, drainage strata. and three natural gas pipelines that transport almost 3 Billion (yes with a "B") of natural gas per day. 4. Infrastructure overload will occur with Ashcroft Ridge and other proposed developments on already overloaded school systems, fire and police protection (county and city), emergency services, etc. The county school systems were not aware of the Ashcroft Ridge implications until advised by a Cross Creek resident.

Ridgeway Dr was not designed wide enough to handle 1,000-2,000 cars a day. Most of the home owners have brick mailboxes & there is no extra room.We have 2 blind curves that appear as your climb our street, on coming traffic always takes yr breath away.

Bad idea with current plan - not fair to existing homeowners, bad for schools and traffic, and bad for environment and wildlife.

23 years ago we carefully chose our home and neighborhood for the safety of our disabled daughter as well as her 3 siblings that had little or no traffic coming into Cross Creek. At this time we are no longer able to safely leave our neighborhood between the hours of 6-9am and again during the 4-6pm rush hour. Recently I was rear-ended while sitting at the traffic light on 96 and 65 exit with my daughter with special needs in the car. More traffic will only create this happening more and more. Flooding of our homes has already been a problem for many of us due to the disruption of natural drainage being manipulated or paved over. Our home has sustained damage in the foundation and ceilings due to all the blasting taking place. Please consider the long time residents and their families before allowing further building to take place in an already congested area. Thank You, Linda Horecka

In addition to my concerns for the traffic and congestion I believe the blasting in that area will lead to cracking foundations, septic system issues and flooding concerns that will be costly. I would like to know how the builder will address damages to my home that will likely occur.

Shame on Williamson county for approving so much housing growth. There's no way our existing schools can support. Look for more and more temporary classrooms. Very sad.

I oppose this plan due to traffic concerns on HWY 96. An additional 250 families will be entering HWY 96 at an already very dangerous area of 96, Caldwell Estates, Ivy Glen, Franklin East and Cross Creek homeowners have a very difficult time entering 96 because of the high volume of traffic that blocks our subdivisions during peak drive times. Another concern is the overcrowing at Page Middle (already overcrowded) and Page High.

As a teen driver it could make traffic a lot worse, and maybe even dangerous.

I live in Franklin, not Scottsboro. Although it is a nice town, too.

If it were not for kind drivers who let us out, most of us could not get out on Highway 96 during peak traffic hours. I am so concerned that the proposed high density housing would make an already complicated problem untenable. It seems reasonable to request that the new proposed subdivision consider having its residence have nice one acre lots like the rest of the property in Cross Creek. Also perhaps city planners could meet with us to show us how we can practically live with the new complications of extra traffic through our subdivision.

Enough is enough. We need to keep what character Franklin has left.

NO ON ASHCROFT RIDGE. Please be sensible about adding major congestion to an area that has already brutal traffic during am & pm rush hour. We ask the developer, City of Franklin, and Williamson County to listen to what the residents are saying. We have lived on the corner of Warren Road and Cedarmont Drive for over 20 years now and have already seen how the major growth in this area has negatively effected all of us.

I have read all the previous comments and rather than reiterate, let me simply say that I agree with all the reasons given to oppose this plan.

Could not agree more with Frances' comments. Fewer homes, larger lots, with lots of traffic engineering are vital.

My husband and I have been in our Caldwell Estates home for over 17 years. Our home is here because years ago, a family sold their chunk of farmland to a developer and voila! A subdivision. The same scenario is presumably true for those who live in Cross Creek, Franklin East, Cedarmont Farms, etc. So it would be rather hypocritical for us to argue against any type of development on the Adams property. That said... It is the WAY this particular development is being proposed (housing density, lack of direct access to Highway 96, nature and capacity of existing residential streets expected to provide access) and the specific characteristics of the property (topography, presence of major underground gas pipelines) that make this plan objectionable. Surely there is a way to develop this parcel in a more sensible way, so that the surrounding neighborhoods are not made to suffer for the sake of lining a developer's pockets and growing the City of Franklin's taxpayer base. I will add that I am especially concerned about the prospect of still more blasting close to my home, and especially in the proximity of the underground gas pipelines. What does the utility say about this plan? Aren't they a stakeholder here as well? It may not be fair to the property owner to prevent development of the property. However, I urge the involved State, County, City and utility officials to see to it that this property is developed in a way that is sensitive and responsible to the concerns of its neighbors, many of whom have been paying taxes and contributing to the local economy and community for decades.

I have lived on Warren Road since 1984 when it was a gravel road. Through the years this county road has been paved but not widened. As a dead end road it already serves 53 homes. The easement to the Adams property is at the top of a hill with limited sight lines and on a S curve. It would be a dangerous road connection if permitted. Not to mention the entire road is narrow and extremely treacherous in inclement weather.

Without a main entrance access to 96, I cannot imagine the impact of a large subdivision on the existing, over crowded arteries.

Too much traffic and congestion already.

I oppose any annexation of our subdivisions on highway 96 into the city of Franklin and the proposed Ashcroft Ridge development.