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Planning commission recommends Milwood realignment to link new Sienna Ridge development to town center
Summary
The Maumelle City Planning Commission voted Jan. 22 to recommend that City Council amend the master street plan to realign Milwood Circle to meet ODM Boulevard at Lake Valley Drive, a change staff said would create a more direct collector route and accommodate the forthcoming Sienna Ridge development; the developer will fund the new streets.
The Maumelle City Planning Commission on Jan. 22 recommended that the City Council amend the master street plan to realign Milwood Circle and connect it to ODM Boulevard at Lake Valley Drive, a staff-backed change intended to improve access between the Lake Valley residential area and the town center.
Staff presented the Master Street Plan amendment, saying the revision responds to a proposed development called Sienna Ridge and the city’s evolving travel-demand patterns. The staff presentation noted the alignment would follow a creek corridor that could support future bike and pedestrian connections and that a two-lane collector would be sufficient for projected traffic based on an applicant-supplied traffic analysis received late in the review process. “This route would actually help the Lake Valley folks to have a more direct route into the town center,” the presenter said during the hearing.
Commissioners asked whether staff had performed traffic counts at nearby intersections; staff said they had not taken specific counts at those intersections but believed existing four-lane facilities could handle additional traffic. A commissioner asked whether the city would require a roundabout at the new connection; staff said that detailed intersection design (rotary, priority movement, stop control) would be set during the preliminary plat and civil design phases, and that the master street plan amendment addresses alignment and classification rather than final intersection form.
Staff also confirmed the developer would pay for the proposed new streets. Commissioners discussed emergency-access stubs, collector alignment options, and whether the master street plan should show a stub or collector at the Scenic Ridge connection; staff said the plan can be refined once preliminary plans arrive.
After discussion, a commissioner moved a “do pass” recommendation to City Council for MSP 26-1 (Milwood/ODM master street plan amendment), the motion was seconded, and the voice vote carried. The motion recorded the recommendation as contingent on further staff, city engineer and commissioner comments.
Public comment during the hearing and earlier in the meeting had stressed preserving vegetation buffers as development proceeds; staff said the MSP amendment deals with road alignments only and that detailed landscaping and lot-level buffering would be addressed at the plat and development-plan stages. The recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council for final action.
What happens next: The City Council will receive the planning commission’s recommendation; detailed road geometry, intersection controls and landscaping will be resolved when the applicant submits preliminary plat and civil drawings.
