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Pump the Brakes

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bruce townley
9 years ago

MUST Fix the infrastructure BEFORE adding more housing! Hardy McManus is a major through fare and must be able to support heavy traffic before adding to the problem. My wife witnessed yet another accident this week at HM and Halali Farm Rd. Enough is enough!

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Ethel Singleton
9 years ago

Too much conjestion, dangerous traffic situation.

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Amanda Makolin
9 years ago

NO

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Hugh and Terri Williams
9 years ago

We have already had one fatality this year on Hardy McManus (at Halali Farm Road). Is Mr. Cheeks or the county going to widen Hardy McManus to accommodate more traffic? Is Mr. Cheeks or the county going to fix the traffic issues that are already present on Hardy McManus? Our guess would be no. We are against any more subdivisions along Hardy McManus.

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Megan Buning
9 years ago

I urge you for the safety of our residents and for the integrity of the surrounding neighborhoods to NOT allow this rezoning to occur. Our area is already over capacity and becoming a less desirable location because of the potential expansion.

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David Burnham
9 years ago

Columbia County traffic has become ridiculous in the last few years and this will severely impact Hardy McManus Rd. With all the apartments going in at I-20 and Lewiston Road, there is no need to rezone other areas for apartments. If this goes through there will be implications in the next local elections.

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PJ Rodgers
9 years ago

Do not allow the R2 development. Traffic/safety issues already exist that make Hardy McManus dangerous.

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Kristen Bieda
9 years ago

We have invested so much in our home, our property the renovations and landscaping that we have had performed to enhance our home - it is NOT fair to decrease and dimise the value of our home in this manner. Please, please do not place low income housing in our neighborhood. It isn't fair to those who work themselves to pieces to have something that is worth something.

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Lloyd Boyce
9 years ago

Hardy McManus at its current state cannot handle additional traffic. As it stands, the road is already dangerous to exit, there are no walking paths therefore extremely dangerous to run, bike, or walk along. It is at the point where we don't want our daughter to turn left out of the subdivision due to the extreme amount of traffic traversing far beyond the speed limit which is current 45 mph. If the subdivision is forced to be built (not my preference), at least make the road accommodate the increased amount of traffic and also construct the road to allow for pedestrian and/or bicycle.

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Michael Martinchick
9 years ago

Please do not allow R2 development to take place.

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Randy Ourt
9 years ago

Traffic conditions on Hardy McManus Road are currently unsafe for existing residents in the area, and will be even more so if another subdivision is created directly across from the Stratford. community. Please do not allow R2 development to take place since it will have an exponentially negative impact on our traffic congestion. I also ask that R1 development only be allowed if it is accompanied by the appropriate road and traffic light infrastructure.

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Eric Schumacher
9 years ago

Even if the County were to install a traffic signal at the entrance to Stratford, the traffic volume will still be increased by the new development, bringing more congestion. A signal would back up traffic on Hardy McManus also. The solution is to widen the road to match the section by Grace Baptist FIRST, then add well planned developments. Let's learn from what happened (excessive congestion) at the other end of William Few Parkway and not repeat those mistakes. Bear in mind that there are already around 100 new lots in the back of Walton Woods and the new development by Grace Baptist will add at least that many homes. The land will be developed, and that's not a problem. The problem is how, when and if the road infrastructure is ready.

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Micki Carr
9 years ago

Stratford has close to 500 homes. Putting another subdivision's entrance across from Stratford's entrance on an already traffic-heavy Hardy McManus isn't safe or responsible planning.

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Suzanne Hall
9 years ago

There is already way to much traffic and almost impossible to make a left hand turn out of all these subdivisions.

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Randolph Cooke
9 years ago

During peak traffic hour it can already take,15 minutes to turn out onto Hardy McManus. Its easy to make it worse when you don't live and drive it every day.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

This development/reasoning will only create more chaos on an already too busy Hardy McManus Road. This will also devalue our homes in the nearby neighborhoods. We are adamantly against this development AND rezoning of the land across from Startford neighborhood!,,,

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Kerrie Sirmans
9 years ago

Our community does not NEED this, nor do we WANT this! My kids attend the daycare opposite the proposed entry to this mess and I definitely would not want to have to deal with the traffic that would result from this. Traffic is already a nightmare at different times of day. Take your ideas further out! Keep them away from us!!!

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David Smith
9 years ago

Against zoning hardy mcmanus area to a R2 zone

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Sherryann Ragan
9 years ago

Stop the madness......PLEASE Columbia County/board members along with anyone else invoked in this craziness Step back and re-access what you're wanting to do in creating a huge chaotic mess!!! It's not worth the consequences that will happen day after day after day!! Thank you!!

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Trudy Dennis
9 years ago

This is going to be unsafe for residents turning left to go to RES and RMS. Safety for our children is a REAL concern.