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I’ve lived here since 1991. It is a beautiful place to live, raise your kids, and remain after they are adults. We are asking group and we oppose this added congestion that would be caused for no other reason than greed. It’s about time our elected representatives- that means you, governor, worked for the people they are supposed represent. This project should be REJECTED!!!
Ellen unterstützt: Preserve Franklin Farm - No Apartments in Our Planned Community!Franklin Farm is a great neighborhood with so many open spaces, trees and places for children to play and people to gather. This construction would destroy exactly what makes Franklin Farm such a lovely place to live. It is totally out of whack with the community and is being built solely because of greed. Supervisors, you have ruined Centreville/Chantilly. Stay away from Franklin Farms.
Marie unterstützt: Preserve Franklin Farm - No Apartments in Our Planned Community!I have lived in Franklin Farm since 2001. The location of this proposed project is on a street that is already choked with traffic congestion during the morning and early evening when parents are dropping off or picking up their children. Cars are often lined up to get in and out of the complex. It’s also busy during the middle of the day with lots of cars in and out. The angle of the complex’s entrance and its closeness to the parkway intersection already make it a difficult road to turn out of to oncoming cars. It takes a lot of vigilance to the drivers on Franklin Farm road who are going west.
This is NOT a project that has a place in Franklin Farm due to the size of the building, the high-density nature of the project (in a community that wasn’t built for that) and the horrible location of the road to enter and exit such a large addition of traffic. It’s not built for that.
We don’t want that type of development in Franklin Farm!!!!!
Anne unterstützt: Preserve Franklin Farm - No Apartments in Our Planned Community!I grew up in this neighborhood. We moved into our home in 1993. It is a planned neighborhood converted from Farm Land. No one here understands the importance of supporting our community more. This neighborhood fills the food pantry at that church every single year. I have worked at that church food pantry. Shoving our most vulnerable community memebers into a 4-story high project up against a dangerous highway is not a solution in any way. This is clearly a cash grab.
Underhanded and sneaky. This community will stick together to make sure not only do the poor of our area have resources but that this wildlife area remains untouched
Emily unterstützt: Preserve Franklin Farm - No Apartments in Our Planned Community!Sure, here’s the message rewritten in plain, straightforward language:
I agree with what others have said. I want to add that the federal government built a complex without thinking about how it would affect traffic on Centreville and Franklin Farm roads. Now, Franklin Farm Road is backed up most evenings. And now there's a plan to build an apartment complex? That road is already too crowded. On top of that, they want to build a new road between two houses into a cul-de-sac—that’s just crazy. Is there any guarantee this will stay senior housing? Could it be changed later to regular apartments? Because of the traffic, the disruption to the neighborhood, safety issues for pedestrians, and the loss of wooded areas, I’m strongly against this plan.
Jim unterstützt: Preserve Franklin Farm - No Apartments in Our Planned Community!Resident Concerns:
*It is important to support seniors, but it should not be done to the detriment of an entire community.
*Franklin Farm Rd cannot handle more traffic and is already overtaxed as a cut-through. Has a traffic study been done?
*Speeding is already a known issue on Franklin Farm Rd, to the point that the Franklin Farm Foundation has asked a Selective Enforcement Team to review traffic and will be placing a speed sign board on the road. Why compound this important safety issue by adding more traffic?
*The Franklin Farm Rd/Fairfax County Pkwy intersection is already very dangerous for pedestrians. If this project includes mention of “walkability to shops,” there should be a plan in place to make that intersection safer for pedestrians and increased foot traffic.
*Multi-story buildings are not part of the Oak Hill aesthetic and will look out of place.
*Many children use the area surrounding the proposed access road on Brynwood Ct to walk to bus stops on Nestlewood Dr and Franklin Farm Rd. *Brynwood Ct and most of Brynwood Pl do not have sidewalks, so cars using this area as a through street pose a risk to the childrens’ safety. Building one community at the cost of childrens’ safety in another community is unacceptable.
*The homeowners on the cul-de-sac where the new access road is proposed bought their homes with the expectation that they would live on a cul-de-sac, not a through street.
*Increased traffic alone will vastly change what is a series of quiet, pedestrian-friendly streets.
*Nestlewood Dr is already a cut-through with people speeding. The new development and increased population would add to this safety issue.
*Cutting down the trees will remove the wooded buffer area between neighborhood homes and the busy Fairfax County Parkway as well as degrade the landscape that is a hallmark of the Franklin Farm community.
*Members of our community are entitled to maintain the experience and value they were promised when they made their homes here.
*Cutting down the trees will have a direct impact on wildlife and remove necessary habitat, displacing many animals.
*The loss of the trees will potentially increase flooding.
*While the addition of a multi-unit complex adds affordable housing, it will also lower the property values of all surrounding homes and leave residents unable to compete in the market. This will especially be a problem for residents who are approaching retirement age and may be relying on the sale of their homes to support themselves.
*What is to stop the developer from changing the specs of the project to include all ages and/or a higher capacity per unit?
*Setting a precedent for such a drastic change in land usage could draw in future projects of this scale and compound the issue for all generations of Franklin Farm residents.
Arria unterstützt: Preserve Franklin Farm - No Apartments in Our Planned Community!Traffic congestion is already terrible on Franlkin Farm Rd at the intersection of the Fx Cty Pkwy. I also oppose expanding the traffic capacity of Franklin Farm Rd that runs through the middle of our neighborhood. This proposed development would unecessarily increase the traffic and local congestion so corporate interests can prosper while neglecting the interests of the local inhabitants.
David unterstützt: Preserve Franklin Farm - No Apartments in Our Planned Community!I was raised in this neighborhood and purchased my own home here last year to raise my kids. Traffic is already terrible at these intersections during rush hours. It's a shame to cut down these trees to squeeze so many apartments in. One of the things I love about this community is the nature and feeling we aren't in a crowded, heavily developed area. We've paid a high price to live specifically in this neighborhood, please keep it a beautiful place to live.
Rachel unterstützt: Preserve Franklin Farm - No Apartments in Our Planned Community!Echo all other comments. Lived here since 1996, and chose this part of the county specifically to avoid high rise high density communities. Additionally, Wildlife has already paid a steep price from the massive “USG” complex at neighboring Dulles Discovery. PLEASE reject this development proposal and PLEASE don’t further erode our quality of life.
James unterstützt: Preserve Franklin Farm - No Apartments in Our Planned Community!Du bist nicht allein – viele Menschen sind bereit, dich zu unterstützen.
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