Over or under?
With development starting at Pinewood Forrest, officials are still grappling with the method by which pedestrians will cross Veterans Parkway.
At Thursday night’s Fayetteville City Council meeting, the council will hear a request now asking Fayetteville to sign off on a bridge, instead of a tunnel to cross the street.
The city will consider a request by developer Rick Halbert to substitute a bridge for the tunnel that was agreed upon in 2013. The bridge is estimated to cost $836,000 and would be funded by Fayette County according to an intergovernmental agreement signed by Fayetteville and Fayette County in 2013. If the cost exceeds $836,000, the overage would be paid by Pinewood Atlanta Studios and Pinewood Forrest.
In other action, the City Council will consider a 90-day moratorium for any rezoning or annexation requests for the Ga. Highway 85 corridor.
“The Highway 85 corridor, from Lafayette Avenue to the northern city limits has failed to redevelop older, underutilized and deteriorating existing properties. There has been an overemphasis on narrow strip developments which utilize only street frontage and leave undeveloped property hidden from view and without adequate street frontage and thereby undesirable for development. There is excessive emphasis on automotive and other mechanical uses (fuel stations, washing establishments, repair shops, body shops, detail shops, new and used dealers, rental agencies, towing and storage facilities,” reads the staff report on the issue.
The report concludes the current uses and trends have a negative impact on the economic health of the community and the overlay district ordinance needs to be rewritten.
The City Council meets at 6 p.m. at City Hall.
