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Residents urge delay on Ardan Mill annexation, citing traffic, habitat and pond risks
Summary
At a lengthy public hearing on the Ardan Mill annexation and MXU rezoning, multiple Spring Branch and Nims Lake Road residents urged council to deny or delay approval, raising traffic safety, loss of mature woodlands, dam and water‑quality concerns; the developer requested a deferral and council said it would not vote tonight.
Several dozen residents addressed the council during a public hearing on the proposed Ardan Mill annexation and mixed‑use rezoning, focused on traffic safety, potential damage to a nearby pond and the loss of about 80 acres of mature woodland.
Jack Wendell, who lives on Nims Lake Road, said the project’s scale would overburden narrow neighborhood streets. “We want to put 200 houses down at the end of that road,” he said, adding that the additional homes would bring hundreds of cars and increase cut‑through traffic and speeding in…
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