| To no one's surprise, the Lenoir City Planning
Commission unanimously approved another massive housing development in
the already strained area of Old Hwy. 95. The one change from the
originally published agenda was that the development would only be 150
units instead of 180 units. Some on the board seem to find this as some
kind of a win for the city to have fewer units and thanked the developer
for the reduction. But later it was mentioned that the plan was always
for 150 and that the 180 was just a typo. Either way, this is not a win
for Lenoir City.
This development is being build by Turner Homes and it was mentioned that this development will be like the Harper Village development near the crossroads, zero lot line townhomes. The name of the new development will be Fellows Park. One citizen was there to object to the plan. Chuck Williams, who's property adjoins the development, began his address to the board asking if there are city residents asking for this kind of development, no one responded. At the end of his remarks, his final statement was, "shame on all of you." Very appropriate. In the absence of the usual chairman, Leon Shields, planning commission board member, David Martin, filled in as chair. Last month you will remember, Martin had asked for and was approved a for a 5 unit apartment structure" at 701 North F Street. Martin works at LCUB and is also a local realtor. Add the new 150 units to the 104 new units at the Ashmore development and the additional new 162 units in the Harrison Glen development and it's not hard to see that traffic on Old 95 is going to be a serious problem. Will the insanity of what Mayor Aikens and the city council are doing to the city never end? Is there anything they would say no to? Apparently not. |
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4/10/23