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Neighbors tell Hickory City Council duplex driveways on Twentieth Avenue will endanger children, worsen parking
Summary
Residents at the May 20 Hickory City Council meeting urged the council to intervene after two cleared lots will be developed as four rental units that will be accessed from a dead-end street, increasing traffic, blocking driveways and raising safety concerns.
Byron Mason, a resident of 1334 Twentieth Avenue Place Northeast, told the Hickory City Council on May 20 that two lots being developed into two duplexes will route all vehicle access onto the dead-end Twentieth Avenue and substantially increase traffic where children play.
“This is a 2 multifamily buildings, which will have 4 units and increase the traffic on a road by 8 vehicles,” Mason said during public comment, adding that construction crews already have been speeding down the road, blocking driveways and using neighbors’ driveways as turnarounds.
Mason said the parcels at 2047 and 2051 Eighth Street Drive Northeast were cleared about five months ago and that the…
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