Avon plan commission approves Walmart Market site plan with new traffic‑study condition

The Avon Advisory Plan Commission approved a development plan for DPR 2518, a proposed roughly 50,000‑square‑foot Walmart Market with a drive‑through pharmacy and surface parking at the northeast corner of Avon Avenue and County Road 150 (Oriole Way), but added a new condition requiring a revised traffic study that evaluates the proposed roundabout at Avon Avenue and Governors Row and is satisfactory to the town’s Department of Public Works.

Commissioners heard a detailed staff presentation and petitioner rebuttal before a lengthy public comment period in which the fire chief and several Turner Trace residents urged more analysis of traffic, school‑period queuing, drainage and construction impacts on emergency access. Paul (planning staff) summarized the proposed project, recalled three earlier waiver requests (one denied, one withdrawn, one approved) and said staff recommended approval subject to six conditions addressing access, intersection improvements, landscape/photometric compliance and a required revised site plan for fencing.

“The pet…