The latest residential construction proposal for our neighborhood is scheduled to come before the Troy City Planning Board at 6 p.m. Thursday, September 10.The project is for a large apartment complex off Oakwood Avenue and Farrell Road, directly opposite the southern entrance to the Highpointe community. It would include a new road, called Stoneledge Drive, to be built.
The land was sold to a developer by Oakwood Cemetery.
Residents of the Terrace are encouraged to attend the Thursday meeting of the Planning Board to obtain first-hand the current details and status of the project.
The first hearing was at the Planning Board's August meeting. As noted in flyers being distributed by the owners' associations representing the various Highpointe entities, "The Planning Board was told over and over by our residents of the immense traffic problems already in place on Oakwood Avenuye. We emphasized how the apartments, mostly two bedrooms, could have at least two drivers with perhaps two automobiles. We asked that a traffic study be done before any approval to rezone the land."
Obviously, adding several hundred cars to the daily mix of traffic already clogging Oakwood Avenue (Route 40) will create a problem of exit from, or entrance to, the two Highpointe/Terrace/Moneta ends of Highpointe Drive and will create safety, air-quality and noise problems.
In addition, the length of construction would add to disruption of the legitimate expectations of peace and quiet. Wear-and-tear on public highways maintained -- such as they are -- by our tax dollars also is a worry.
Some of us also are concerned about the nature of such a large complex that would have transient residence rather than property owners.
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