Residents support Pines and Greenwood commercial rezoning as planners require buffers, remove truck parking

Dozens of residents urged the Shreveport City Council on May 23 to approve a commercial project planned for the northwest corner of Pines Road and Greenwood Road, saying the development would bring jobs, 24‑hour service and higher tax revenue to West Shreveport.

The proposal seeks conditional zoning to permit a retail‑goods establishment — planners described the project as a convenience store with fuel and a restaurant — on property now zoned for institutional campus uses. Chris Terrell, a planner with the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC), told the council the applicant revised the plan to remove proposed truck parking and to add larger buffer yards and extra landscaping intended to mitigate noise and other impacts on adjacent properties, including a nearby treatment facility.

The change in the plan came after outreach and…