88 homes will join city under agreements with developer, county

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The Fayetteville City Council has agreed to require traffic improvements

to Redwine Road as part of annexing a 108-acre tract on Redwine Road for

an 88-home subdivision.

The traffic improvements are written into the development agreement for

the annexation of the Bellemeade subdivision, which is located on Redwine

and bordered by Hawn and Old Senoia roads. That agreement was approved by

council at its meeting Thursday night.

The first traffic improvement will be installing a three-way stop at the

second entrance to the Lakemont subdivision. Residents there have complained

it is difficult to turn onto Redwine to go north because of school traffic

in the mornings.

The city will also have 24 months after it accepts the streets and roads

of the subdivision to require the developer to install other traffic improvements,

including:

- Acceleration and deceleration lanes anywhere in the Redwine corridor

abutting the Bellemeade property.

- Installing a traffic light at any intersection in the Redwine corridor

abutting the Bellemeade property.

- Installing more stop signs at intersections along Redwine or improving

public road signage along the corridor.

If the city requires any or all of those traffic improvements, the developer

will have 12 months to complete them once notified in writing, according

to the agreement.

The subdivision will include 36.5 acres of open space and a half-mile paved

jogging trail.

In addition to approving the annexation Thursday night, council approved

the annexation agreement with the county, which had asked that several homes

be reduced from the original plan.