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Residents tell planning commission Lusby schools and roads can’t absorb proposed apartments
Summary
During public comment on the Lusby/Lehi Villas project, multiple residents and a commissioner warned about overcrowded schools and strained roads, urging the commission to wait for updated traffic and school-capacity data before advancing approvals.
Residents and community members urged the Planning Commission to delay action on Lusby Village/Lehi Villas until up-to-date traffic and school-capacity studies are complete.
Tracy Malloy said Lusby schools are already overcrowded and that voters expected the commission to protect neighborhood character and services. David Burke, who flagged procedural and mathematical shortfalls in a May 15 traffic study, told commissioners the original study’s data were too old and that a replacement study remains under Public Works review.
Other residents, including Chris Sleeper and Mary DePelto, described current congestion and emergency-services strain in the area and said additional housing will worsen the situation. A number of petition pages and written comments opposing the project were presented to the commission.
Planning staff and the county attorney said traffic-analysis work is connected to the later site-plan review and that Public Works is reviewing the most recent traffic submission; commissioners expressed interest in seeing finalized agency comments before accepting site-level findings.
