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Developers seek second waiver for Bromley Farms; council hears calls to reconfigure Oak Ridge Farm intersection and consider speed enforcement
Summary
A developer seeking a second waiver for CZ2023031304 (Bromley Farms) told planning staff they will present a plan for a signalized full access intersection; councilmembers and staff discussed traffic volumes, possible speed reductions and deploying radar speed signs, but the pre‑agenda transcript shows no decision on the waiver.
Town planning staff told the Town Council on April 30 that applicants for Bromley Farms (CZ2023031304) had submitted a second waiver request and plan revisions that include a reorientation of the Oak Ridge Farm Highway intersection to provide a signalized full‑access intersection into the development.
"So this would be, a second waiver request from, the folks proposing Bromley Farms off of Oak Ridge Farm Highway," Erica Martin of the planning department said. Martin said the applicants would bring new information for council consideration, "specifically, a signalized, full access into their development that they should be here to present."
Staff and councilmembers discussed traffic-safety concerns at the existing intersection. Martin said she contacted a previously opposing resident who told staff the proposed intersection change "is enormous" and that the resident now supports the change; the resident had also suggested lowering the speed limit in the area.
Councilmembers and staff discussed possible speed-limit reductions and enforcement. One speaker noted that the posted speed changes from 45 mph to 55 mph outside town limits and that enforcement remains a challenge. Manager Jerome was asked to place temporary radar speed displays in problem corridors; he replied, "Absolutely. Yep."
Councilmembers also discussed that, if the additional waiver is granted, the project would return to the planning board and then to council with the revised intersection and neighborhood meeting completed. "They'd have to have a neighborhood meeting, planning board back to y'all," a staff member said.
No formal decision on the waiver is recorded in the pre‑agenda transcript. Staff indicated the waiver request would allow the applicants to restart portions of the review process sooner than waiting a year, with the revised plan advancing through neighborhood meeting, planning board review and subsequent council consideration.
