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Taneytown planners press developer for clearer traffic study, timetable on Mountain Brook proposal
Summary
Planning commissioners and staff said they will seek more detail from a developer and state highway officials before approving the Mountain Brook development, citing incomplete traffic analysis, uncertain state access, and questions about road-building specifications and phasing.
Taneytown Planning Commission members said the Mountain Brook developer must provide a more complete traffic study and clearer commitments on road design and timing before the commission can recommend approval.
Commissioners and city staff said the developer’s traffic submission lacks key elements — including queuing analysis at proposed access points and mitigation options — and that the State Highway Administration has asked the town to wait for its concurrence on potential additional egresses. Daryl, a city planning staff member, told the commission the town has asked its consultant, CDM Smith, to review the study and that a meeting with the developer’s traffic engineers is pending.
“We asked, CDM Smith, our consultant engineer, to have their folks in their traffic area, their transportation engineers, look at it and provide comment on it,” Daryl said. “There’s actually a meeting pending with the consultant that did the study, our consultant engineer and the developer, to try to help out all the…
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