Next meeting is December 16th 4:30pm at the new police station on Main Street.
Thank you to everyone who showed up at the Planning and Zoning meeting and let the city know it is unsafe to add another subdivision off Keene Road!!!
The vote was tabled until the next meeting so the developer could try and provide information that they actually looked at the issue of the wastewater/run off that is already affecting the current subdivisions.
A few things that were CONCERNING AT THE MEETING:
It was clear that our infrastructure was not a concern for the P and Z committee outside of the 18 acres they are building on.
1. “Assume” “we think” “probably” were all the words the wastewater/sewer expert and engineer for John Lyons used to answer questions about water run off and traffic.
2. “If we think the schools have an overcrowding problem we should go the school board meeting”- this is not the P and Z’s issue to take into consideration when allowing new subdivisions.
3. “I feel for you all. We know the traffic is horrible, unfortunately it doesn’t matter in a P and Z decision.”
4. “What the public doesn’t understand, but we know (attorney for John Lyons speaking to the committee) is that we are reactive NOT proactive when it comes to development and traffic concerns. - this was in response to the fact that as of 2023 Keene Road has DOUBLE the amount of traffic it was built for. (I had to bring this information up to be on record. The “engineer” for the John Lyons made a statement without any factual information. All of my information came from KYTC.
We are at the very least double the amount of traffic Keene/169 was built for.. we are in a REACTIVE STATE.
Please sign the petition and let them know infrastructure matters to the community and it IS their responsibility to consider.
Infrastructure includes: the basic physical and organizational systems that support a country, city, or business, such as ROADS, bridges, power grids, and communication networks. It encompasses physical structures like transportation systems (ROADS, railways, airports) and public utilities (water, sewage, electricity), as well as social services (SCHOOLS, hospitals) and digital networks.