The city is moving forward with plans to build a major collector street somewhere in the as-yet undeveloped area southeast of town despite running into three potential stumbling blocks.
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Two of the roadblocks are landowners who informed the city they do not want the street near their property. The third is a patch of wetlands.
All three problems lie in the possible right of way city and road planners believe may be best for the mile-long link between Kirk and Hart Roads.
“We’re restricted by the presence of all the individual parcels,” said City Engineer Ted Bergeson. “If it was all under one ownership, there would be less factors involved.”
City officials say the road, dubbed the Southeast Pass for now, is necessary to meet the transportation needs of an area set to explode with residential development.
One of the property owners pledged this week during a public meeting she did not plan to develop her 26 acres during her lifetime. The other, a local development firm, wants to build 87 homes on 50 acres and informed the city a road through the property would interfere with that plan.
The City Council’s community development committee instructed Bergeson to prepare a proposed road alignment for discussion at its July meeting.