Neighbors raise wetlands and dam safety concerns as commission considers Brookhaven preliminary plat

The Opelika Planning Commission reviewed a preliminary plat for the Brookhaven townhouse subdivision on Cunningham Drive and heard multiple residents raise concerns about wetlands, a pond dam and a proposed roadway alignment that they say could affect adjacent property.

Neighbors said the project's planned extension and the city's proposed roadway alignment come close to private driveways and homes. “There's a whole lot of wetland and a whole lot of wildlife that's specific to that area,” resident Taylor Britton told the commission, and she urged the city to avoid placing the road near her stepmother's house.

Commission staff described the road alignment as preliminary and said the city and developer will work to limit…