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Linwood Park residents urge pause to proposed five‑home development and road connection
Summary
Residents of Linwood Park told the Brookhaven City Council they were not adequately notified of a private developer’s plan to build about five homes and to connect Divine Circle with Mendel, and they urged officials to pause the plan and provide a forum for meaningful community input ahead of a Board of Appeals hearing.
Residents of Linwood Park pressed the Brookhaven City Council during public comment to halt a private development project that would add roughly five houses and connect two dead‑end streets, a change neighbors say would increase traffic, require large amounts of backfill and worsen stormwater risks.
"We would love to open communication with the city and just kind of pause on any really quick movements forward," said Aliyah Morin, who said she was speaking for "about 40 or 50 families" on Divine Circle and Mendel. Morin said neighbors discovered the project after seeing a variance sign and that only…
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