CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will decide the fate of the 237-unit proposed North Gander residential development off Carrsbrook Dr. near the Route 29 intersection, a project that did not gain the endorsement of the county’s planning commission.
The Planning Commission recommended denial of the application by a unanimous 5-0 vote, with Chair and at-large Planning Director Luis Carrazana absent. The vote came after opponents of the project packed Tuesday’s meeting at Lane Auditorium, with dozens speaking out against the development.
Residents speaking at the meeting spoke of concerns that the developer did an insufficient traffic study relating to sight distances and speeds of traffic approaching the two proposed development entrances off Carrsbrook Dr. Other cited questions of the legality of constructing multifamily structures on land the state Supreme Court had ruled must be preserved for single-family structures and concerns the North Gander development would adversely affect lakes and streams in the Rivanna River corridor…