SAVE MILLHOPPER ROAD !
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Proposed Amendment to Developer’s
1999 Plan
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Proposed Amendment to Developer’s
1999 Plan
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Expanded Changes
The original development order approved by the commission in 1999 had: 1,971 dwellings, 495,000 square feet of offices, 801,342 square feet of stores, 459,471 square feet of warehouses and industries and 748 hotel rooms. It was designed as a town center type of community which seemed moderate and acceptable in its scope. The developer now wants to double its commercial space to 1.5 million square feet. For comparison, Butler Plaza is 1.2 million square feet and the combined Oaks Malls are 1 million square feet. The developer will pack in more dwellings on an area reduced in size by 52 acres such that “estate” zoning, would be removed and “high density” residential zoning would be added. The newly proposed plan now totals 1.5 million square feet of mostly big box stores, 125,000 square feet of offices, 460,000 square feet of warehouses and distribution warehouses, hotels with 625 rooms, and 2,238 dwellings. The expanded proposal clearly violates the comprehensive plan -- our best assurance that growth will be managed.
Traffic Impacts According to varying traffic analyses it has been estimated that SpringHills will generate an additional 60,000-95,000 trips per day onto the adjacent roads. Currently there are approximately 30,000 trips daily on 39th Avenue. In order to reduce the amount of traffic on NW 39th, which is “failing at its service level,” new roads will be built. The first road, an extension of NW 83rd Street, would begin on 39th Avenue and empty onto Millhopper Road near the Marmaduke Pond and The Hammock I neighborhoods. The congestion on Millhopper Road will increase and the full impact is not known. The second new road, an extension of NW 98th Avenue, involves construction of a 4-lane bridge over I-75 to bring the road east through the development to intersect with the new 83rd St. extension described in the paragraph above. The third project is NW 39th Ave., already deemed by the county as “failing at its service level”. Thirty-ninth Avenue would need to be increased in size from four to six lanes, with the 43rd and 34th Street intersections eight- laned.
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