(Editor’s Note: The letter below addresses a planned manufactured home community behind the public works yard. The City Council approved the 11-acre property as ‘dense single family’ in a previous vote but the developer is expected to return for a rezoning request allowing manufactured homes on the property. See previous stories on the matter in the 9/5/24, 9/26/24 and 10/24/24 editions of the Dublin Citizen.)
Dear Editor,
There are plans to develop a trailer park on 10 acres of property behind the Dublin City Public Works area at the intersection of East Harris Street & North Norton Street (FM 847). This property sits near the railway tracks on Harris Street, near the school.
Thenewpropertydeveloper initially gave the city plans for developing 55 trailer homes but is now expected to increase that to around 75 to 100 trailer homes, he could eventually go as high as 150 homes if he wanted as per the new City ordinance.
Each trailer home will have an average of 5 to 7 people (1,000 people) living there and a minimum of 3 to 4 vehicles (500 vehicles).
The city infrastructure is not there for the additional traffic of a minimum of 300 to 500+ vehicles & about 400 to 1,000+ people that will result from this development. Not to mention the Water and Sanitation infrastructure.
The intersection on Harris Street gets chaotic in the morning & evenings due to school traffic not to mention the nightmare when the train causes a backup for miles and for over 20 minutes at times.
Also, the high school now has a new entrance on Norton Street (FM 847), adding to the traffic congestion and nightmare.
It’s even hard for the school buses to turn onto Harris Street, from Norton Street (FM 847). Also turning onto N, Davies Street from Harris Street is very hard as there is a big deep ditch on the corner. North Davies Street is so small, that you can barely drive through the street with cars parked on both sides.
It is a nightmare for the kids walking to and from school, it’s a disaster waiting to happen. There are no sidewalks, the babies have to walk on the shallow ditches on the side of the road to avoid oncoming vehicles as the roads are so narrow.
I understand the need for growth but believe that there are better solutions to address this issue, in an area with better road Infrastructure closer to the Highway & no school kids walking on the roads.
Come to theCity Meeting Feb. 10.
— Thank you for your consideration. Warm regards, Tex Cornelison and Homi Linbuwala