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East Main apartments look for final city council approval


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Proposed apartments on East Main Street get a third and final vote from Murfreesboro City Council Thursday night.

The council will meet at 5:30 p.m. for a special meeting regarding the city’s Water and Sewer/Private Lateral Rehabilitation & Assistance Policy. Regular council business will follow.

The council unanimously approved the rezoning and annexation on second reading in December. If the project gets final approval Thursday night, the plans become official and the area will be annexed into the city limits.

The development has come under scrutiny after neighbors have voiced concerns about the impact of traffic on nearby country roads.

Mayor Tommy Bragg defended the city’s planning department during the last vote.

Planning Director Joseph Aydelott said about 20 neighbors attended a meeting to air concerns about the proposed development with most citing traffic.

Many attendees argued the traffic study wasn’t done when MTSU and other local schools were in session and shouldn’t be taken seriously.

The study was done during the school year and during peak traffic hours, Aydelott disagreed.

The council will also consider, on third and final reading, creating a “move over law” for Murfreesboro, which is similar to the state’s law.

The law would require drivers to move over, if possible, when passing an emergency, highway maintenance or recovery vehicle or slow down when passing if moving over is not possible.

Failure to yield right-of-way would result in a $50 fine.

The city’s “move over law,” is “nearly identical to … the state ‘move over law,’ ” city attorney Susan McGannon said.

The city needs its own version because the state law imposes a fine of $100 and so cannot be used in the city limits.

Michelle Willard can be contacted at 615-869-0816 or mwillard@murfreesboropost.com.
 
 
 
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Member Opinions:
By: Jamie on 1/7/09
Where exactly are these located on East Main Street?

By: MichelleWillard on 1/7/09
Between Northfield Boulevard and twin Oak Drive.

By: Geana on 1/8/09
Michelle, did you mean between N. Rutherford Blvd. and Twin Oak Drive? I can tell you my reaction to the cluster of apartments called The Grove Apartments going up on Halls Hill Pike between Greenland and Woods Edge (or View) Road (just before Twin Oaks). Horror. Sure they're obviously widening the road there also, but this is college housing. For each apartment there's going to be at least three vehicles coming out of Journey. Hundreds of cars backing up what used to be a relatively quiet road leading into Greenland. I predict quite a bit of car accidents and property damage. Seeing how the walkways from The Grove Apts are open to Woods View, I predict keg parties and lines of cars parked on Woods Edge Rd.

I honestly cannot wait for the housing prices to rise again to be able to sell my home in the Eastwoods subdivision between Twin Oaks and Woods Edge roads. Street signs, mailboxes, fire hydrants (twice in one location!), and pets are continuously being struck by cars in Eastwoods. The city needs to get with it and start putting up no parking or one side of the street parking signs in Eastwoods alone.

The city should require The Grove builders to erect fencing between those walkways and Woods View and it would be wonderful if the city forced Ole South properties to finish clearing up the mound of dirt and rock fill in the middle of Catawba. Disastrous.

Anyway.... that's what the current residents of E. Main St. have ahead of them for comparison. Just round the corner to Greenland/Halls Hill Pike and take a look see. If those apartments happen, I would hope they are "only" for regular citizens and not college attractions because many homeowners are going to find themselves displaced and in need of apartment housing.

I'm done venting. Anyone want to trade homes? lol


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