Back in August, Suffolk city leaders tabled a vote on their 2045 Comprehensive Plan after residents expressed dissatisfaction over concerns related to traffic and development in the area. The vote was initially delayed until November 20, but after a five-hour city council meeting, it was postponed again to December 18.
“With all this development, I’ll just say it: Suffolk has become a nightmare to get around,” said Tom Rein, president of Citizen’s Voice and one of the concerned residents.
Rein and others have urged the city council to create a more thorough and thoughtful plan for development and traffic management.
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“There’s no reality-based transportation plan—an idea that says that right now, today, this is what we need to do to fix this,” he told News 3.
Rein believes the city is growing too quickly. In September, city and state leaders broke ground on Port460, a multimillion-dollar logistics hub for the Port of Virginia, with additional plans for housing and warehousing projects.