When:

🗓️Wednesday, March 4

📍234 NW Corridor Boulevard, Jacksonville, NC

⏰11:00 AM

A rezoning is being proposed at 2220 Burgaw Hwy (NC‑53) to turn a residential/agricultural parcel into Community Business (CB) — right beside existing homes.

The property is 1.97 acres and currently contains older residential structures.

Why this is an issue:

1️⃣Traffic is already an issue & rising

❗️12,565 cars/day in 2024

❗️13,152 cars/day in 2025

That is almost 600 more cars per day in 1 year, around 5% increase

❗️Driveway safety on a two‑lane highway with limited turn lanes

❗️Left turn delays, especially during peak hours

❗️Crash risk

❗️ Emergency response times could be affected

2️⃣This stretch is overwhelmingly residential. New commercial or mixed‑use development can increase demand for:

❗️Road improvements

❗️Sheriff's office coverage

❗️EMS and fire services

If the county needs to expand services faster than expected, that can influence future budgets. Counties sometimes adjust tax rates when infrastructure needs grow faster than revenue.

A rezoning does not directly raise taxes, but it can contribute to conditions that influence future tax decisions—especially when traffic volumes, infrastructure needs, and service demands increase faster than expected.

3️⃣Approving this opens the door for more commercial creep along Burgaw Hwy

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Tim Foster — Chairman

📧 Tim_Foster@onslowcountync.gov

Robin Knapp — Vice Chairman

📧 Robin_Knapp@onslowcountync.gov

Royce Bennett — Commissioner

📧 Royce_Bennett@onslowcountync.gov

Paul Buchanan — Commissioner

📧 Paul_Buchanan@onslowcountync.gov

Lisa Carpenter — Commissioner

📧 Lisa_Carpenter@onslowcountync.gov

John Davis — Commissioner

📧 John_Davis@onslowcountync.gov

Tony Padgett — Commissioner

📧 Tony_Padgett@onslowcountync.gov

General County Contact (for calls or messages):

📞 (910) 989‑3000 or (910) 347-4717

What to send or say to our commissioners:

I am asking you to deny the rezoning request at 2220 Burgaw Hwy. Traffic on this corridor has already increased from 12,565 vehicles per day in 2024 to 13,152 in 2025, with nearly 10% being commercial vehicles. This road is already strained, and adding more commercial traffic at this location would increase turning conflicts and safety risks for the families who rely on this corridor every day.

This area is home to long‑established neighborhoods, and additional commercial activity here would place new burdens on residents—more noise, more traffic delays, and potential increases in the cost of living as commercial uses push deeper into residential stretches. This rezoning would shift impacts onto the people who already live here without providing the infrastructure needed to support it.

Please protect the safety and stability of this corridor by voting against this rezoning.