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Council approves Barwell Road rezoning with added stormwater controls after neighborhood concerns about traffic and odors
Summary
Council approved a rezoning for Barwell Road that includes added 25‑year stormwater controls and extra silt‑fencing requirements; neighbors raised safety concerns at a nearby curve and questions about sewer‑lift station odors and monitoring.
Raleigh City Council approved a rezoning for property along Barwell Road on Tuesday that includes additional stormwater controls requested during the permitting process, after several residents and neighborhood groups raised concerns about traffic safety, flooding and odors from a nearby wastewater facility.
Staff and the applicant added conditions requiring detention and treatment for the 25‑year storm event and double silt fencing for grading within 200 feet of the Neuse River riparian buffer. The applicant and environmental groups proposed the wording to mitigate construction and post‑construction impacts to Walnut Creek.
Worth Mills, attorney for the applicant, said the new conditions aim to "mitigate any impacts to Walnut Creek both during construction and after…
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