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Commission directs staff to add failing‑intersection language to Town Centers master plan and sets May 21 public hearing
Summary
After discussion about traffic congestion and Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APFO) consequences in Prince Frederick, the Planning Commission directed staff to add text identifying five currently failing intersections and to include the APFO effects on future growth; the commission then voted to place draft chapters 1 and 2 on a May 21 public hearing.
The Planning Commission advanced draft chapters 1 and 2 of the Town Centers master plan toward a May 21 public hearing after commissioners pressed staff to acknowledge current traffic constraints and APFO consequences in Prince Frederick.
Long‑range planner Tay Harris (speaker 7) presented the draft chapters and asked for commissioner guidance; Commissioners raised editorial fixes and then shifted to substantive concerns about traffic. Commissioner (speaker 11) argued the text should explicitly list failing intersections and explain that APFO results could restrict future commercial and residential development in affected areas. He moved that staff add language to the traffic conditions/concerns section to cite the five failing intersections and describe consequences under APFO; the motion received a second for discussion and then carried in a recorded group of ayes.
Director of Public Works JR Cosgrove (speaker 10) said the county has pursued improvements and pushed for state funding where appropriate but noted fiscal constraints and that major intersection remedies typically require regional or multi‑developer solutions. The commission asked staff to add the five intersections and the APFO implications to Chapter 2 and then formally place the revised chapters on the May 21 public hearing agenda; the motion to place the chapters passed.
