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Resident urges council to review traffic and sewer capacity for proposed 100-bed nursing facility near Governors Point
Summary
A non-agenda speaker asked council to allow extra review and a special presentation for a proposed 100-bed nursing facility, citing wastewater main limits, traffic-safety concerns at a nearby intersection and the need for lane lengthening or other intersection improvements.
During non-agenda public comment at the Suffolk City Council meeting, resident Kelly Hingler asked council to provide special consideration for a pending application for a 100‑bed nursing facility near Governors Point, citing unresolved traffic-safety and wastewater infrastructure issues dating back to 2004.
Hingler said the site is north of the Nansemond River near St. Andrews and the horse farm and that an existing Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) sewer main ends north of the project. She told council an increasing traffic volume (cited as about 30,000 vehicles per day along the corridor) and the inability to safely turn into and out of the property without lane lengthening could create safety hazards once the facility's staff and visitors begin daily arrival and departure cycles.
"There is no way to turn in and out of that property without doing some lane lengthening," Hingler said, and urged the council and planning commission to allow the developer to present the project as a special presentation so the community and reviewers can better examine traffic, wastewater and other public‑service impacts.
Hingler also said the proposed site was part of an earlier rezoning discussion in 2004 when council indicated a short‑term "cure" for the intersection did not exist, and she asked staff and council to revisit the issue before the application proceeds through the planning process.
The speaker requested collaboration between the community, the developer and city staff to ensure traffic and wastewater infrastructure issues are addressed during review. Council did not take action at the meeting; this was a non‑agenda public comment intended to flag potential infrastructure constraints and request an opportunity for fuller review at the planning commission and council levels.
