Baederwood Plaza
WHAT ABINGTON RESIDENTS ARE SAYING
Comments & questions from the March 13th,
2006 meeting included some of the following :
........that the area might not be able to support the amount of
retail that is planned and if it did
that the increased traffic would greatly impact the neighborhood
........that if the 500 residential units planned were going to
have children, the cost impact on the
school district would be a consideration
.........that the current businesses might not know their fate
for some time while the project was underway
and it would be difficult for them to invest in their own stores
.........that other capital improvements such as the expansion
of the Rydal underpass etc might result
in expenses that would end up being bourne by taxpayers
.........that the traffic spoecialists there should already be
familiar with the problems in the area before
planning the
additional impact ( they seemed not to be)
.........that the underground parking that is planned is rarely
used in the Jenkintown Acme as residents
prefer
above ground parking
.........that there is a creek that runs under the property that
might make things difficult especially
for underground garages
.........that there are environmental concerns such as building
250 units in a partial steep slope area in the
rear and
whether consideration would be given to impervious surface
alternatives
......... that the variances needed would represent a
substantial difference in the number of units built,
in the
rear of the property, for instance ( 250 apartments versus
8 single family homes ? ) rather than
the very tiny little variances represented by the developers
.........that the plan itself was beautiful and that it might
represent a wonderful asset addition
with many
improvements for residents to enjoy over the current use of the
space.
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POSTINGS
3-14-06 If the area can support this wonderul project
- it would mean that those that were shopping there in this
increased space would NOT be shopping in another area possibly
in our township. So while this area might thrive another might
suffer a loss as a result. The movie theater is the
only viable one for miles around, but the grocery shoppers, it
would seem, would have to draw from those that shop
at Clemens or Genuardis or Acme to be viable. What would happen
to those stores?
lel@abingtoncitizens.com
3-19-06 Not only will the
traffic from 500 apartment units be immense, but in combination
with the additional cars from the increased shopping, the entire
quality of the area will be changed. This type of plan seems
better for an area which is already more dense, not this one,
which can not handle the traffic there as it is.
lel@abingtoncitizens.com
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