Wildwood PUD update: 2,728 of 3,792 units built; Route 235 Phase 4 and townhouse redesign discussed

The St. Mary's County Planning Commission on Feb. (date not specified) received its semiannual update on the Wildwood planned unit development (PUD), during which developer representatives reported that 2,728 of the 3,792 permitted residential units are built or covered by certificates of occupancy and described progress on road, utility and site-plan work.

Sean Day, engineering director for the Maryland division of Stanley Martin Homes, told commissioners the project has secured 38 building permits since the last update and obtained 85 certificates of occupancy in that period. "There are 3,792 units allowed in the PUD, and currently there are 2,728 units built or under a C of O, which leaves 1,064 units to be built," Day said.

The update also covered transportation improvements along Maryland Route 235, which the developer presented as a four-phase corridor improvement tied to the PUD. Day described Phase 4 as a northbound turn lane and an acceleration lane roughly 800 feet north of…