By Scripps staff report
November 8, 2006
A proposal to build a Lowe's home improvement store at St. Lucie West and Cashmere boulevards will go before City Council without the support of two resident advisory boards.
The Planning and Zoning Board followed the lead of the Site Plan Review Committee on Tuesday, voting unanimously to deny Lowe's plan. The 139,000-square-foot store will cause more traffic problems than the company is willing to fix, city engineers and planners said.
City engineers estimate the store will bring as many as 5,000 additional vehicles through the already congested intersection. They wanted Lowe's to make significant road improvements, including adding turn lanes and making Cashmere Boulevard four lanes from Port St. Lucie Boulevard.
The company refused and accepted the advisory boards' denials in hopes that City Manager Don Cooper could settle the disagreement before City Council considered the proposal.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment