Chapel Hill approves up to 700 new homes despite concern about downhill flooding

Construction could start in the next few years on a plan to add up to 710 apartments and for-sale townhomes to 45 acres along Interstate 40 in northern Chapel Hill.

The Chapel Hill Town Council heard from about a dozen neighbors of the 860 Weaver Dairy project site on Wednesday and had a robust discussion about stormwater and the townโ€™s housing needs before approving the project 8-1 .

Itโ€™s hard to fix โ€œproblems that were created by the generations of sprawl,โ€ council member Melissa McCullough said, but the developer is taking steps to address stormwater and add much-needed housing and dense construction that does more with less land…

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