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Neighbors urge close scrutiny of traffic, parking and access for proposed Roberts Road senior community
Summary
Multiple residents told the planning commission that Roberts Road and nearby side streets are narrow and congested; they urged detailed traffic, turning‑lane and shuttle plans and questioned 521 proposed parking spaces and truck access under a rail underpass.
Multiple neighbors told the planning commission the proposed life‑care community at 452 Roberts Road could dramatically increase traffic on narrow local streets and create safety problems for pedestrians and school drop‑offs. Donald Alexander, who said he can walk to the site in 10 minutes, urged the commission to give "extreme scrutiny to the traffic issues" on Roberts Road and warned that the community’s proposed 500+ parking spaces would put many additional drivers onto small residential streets.
Other residents flagged delivery and truck access constraints under the rail underpass and called for a detailed traffic study with turning‑lanes and queuing analysis. Mark Heil, the applicant’s vice president of campus development, said the developer expects to rely on resident shuttles, employee transit connections and underground parking to reduce surface vehicle trips but acknowledged those details will be refined during preliminary engineering.
