Rosedale Development Delay

Traffic study?!

County supervisors postponed a decision on three controversial housing developments planned for the Rosedale area on May 6th, so that a more thorough report could be compiled regarding the impact traffic would have on the area.

For those of you who don't live or drive on the far west side of town, let me give you a break down when it comes to roads.

The road which connects my small neighborhood to Stockdale Highway was paved by the homeowners.

It turns to dirt on the west side of my property, before returning to asphalt that was generously put in by recent builders, who were required to pave the road adjacent to the homes they were putting up.

The dirt to pavement to dirt scenario is played out all over the area.

Hop scotch development has created this street virus with no real cure, unless the remaining farm land is paved over and we plant subdivisions as far as the eye can see.

That's becoming a real concern for the folks who moved or lived west of Allen Road many years ago to enjoy country life.

As one of my new neighbors so eloquently put it not long ago, this ain't the country anymore.

Still, part of the reason for the transplant was to own a larger parcel for our four-legged family members, away from people who might not have a tolerance for the fragrance of nature.

Now, developers want to put lots that measure between 10,000 and 20,000 sq feet in an area where current homeowners reside on homesteads that start at an acre and increase up to five acres and more.

It doesn't work, like the proverbial square peg in a round hole.

I'm not against development, in fact, you could see it coming for years.

Just make it fit.

Supervisor Ray Watson, who's up for re-election on June 3rd, called for the motion to postpone the vote on the developments until the traffic study could be complete.

He had said he was in favor of the developments.

The issue will now come back to the supervisors on June 17th.

Two weeks after the election.

Coincidence?? I hope not.

I hope he'll realize the ridiculous amount of traffic that will be left to navigate farm roads, in some cases, in order to find the major arteries back to town.

Ray, please apply the tourniquet before it's too late.