Could Charlotte's desire for more apartment housing and density saturation rekindle the once proposed Green Rea Road Extension?
Many newcomers to Charlotte don't realize that it wasn't that long ago that Rea Road didn't connect to Colony Road. But Charlotte's traffic woes created a need for a connection, even at the expense of carving up a neighborhood.
The benefit was a direct route from SouthPark to Southern Mecklenburg County.
At the time one suggested alternative was the Green Rea Road Extension, connecting Carmel Road to Elm Lane.
Now more than 20 years later adding additional apartment homes like those proposed for the Gillespie Property have once again pushed the Green Rea Road Extension back on to the drawing board.
The cost of only a few pricey homes and a bridge across McAlpine Creek and this inter neighborhood connection would quickly help ease traffic congestion.
Just one more reason to encourage Charlotte City Council to Vote No on the Gillespie Rezoning.
3 comments:
Saw the survey crew out there in the woods back in the spring. Thought they were with Duke Energy.
It is definitely needed and would help move traffic a lot better even if they made it like Colony Road.
I can't believe this is happening.
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