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Developer says senior housing design near complete but earthwork, stream mitigation remain hurdles
Summary
Mister Markham told the Amherst County Service Authority on Dec. 2 that the proposed senior housing project on Route 163 is close to a final layout but faces major earthwork, a roughly estimated 300,000 cubic‑yard imbalance and potential stream mitigation that have driven repeated redesigns and extra consultant work.
Mister Markham, who addressed the board during citizen comments, said the team is "still battling, trying to get a final design" for the senior housing site on Route 163 and that recent meetings with the project architect have produced promising iterations.
Markham told the Amherst County Service Authority that portions of the site currently require cuts of 30 to 40 feet and that initial layouts created roughly 300,000 cubic yards of excess earthwork. "That's an expensive, expensive thing," he said, describing the trade‑offs the…
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