I posted this on another social media site and had to shut comments off due to some nasty stuff on the thread that had nothing to do with my question. I thought I'd give it a try here.
We have a new addition going in about a block away from us at Morgan Rd and 59th which is already a busy area. The developer (Home Creations) is going to put in 400+ new homes. They'll have a mixture of high end homes (500k+) and medium to low end patio homes (which will be on my end of the development). There will be two exits one on 59th (probably the oil lease access) and another that will feed directly into the street I live on. The city says they'll be starting to widen Morgan Rd. to four lanes soon (hopefully it won't take two years like Sara Rd did). The residents are NOT happy campers about loosing some of their property or the noise it will create 24x7.
The developer may be re-thinking the senior housing since so much of it is being built at 59th and County Line Rd. Won't matter much cause they just put in more single units. The one draw-back residents didn't want is the retail center at 59th and Morgan Rd. Who knows what the heck will be leasing the area.
Ok so figure two cars per unit that's at least 800+ cars that will be in the area at rush hour and school time. That's a lot of new traffic in the already busy area. I suspect that the new 4-lane Morgan will lower the speed limit to 35 like they did on Sara Rd. They'll also need a traffic light at 59th and Morgan Rd.
I live close enough to Morgan Rd that I can hear noisy truck traffic now let alone with 4 lanes of it when all is said and done.
I've lived in two areas where new construction was going on and the crime from the workers was evident. I even caught two workers on cam breaking into a staged house they help build then steal all the furnishings. The guy selling it wasn't happy. So I figure crime will go up big time at least for a while.
Moving will not be cheap with real estate fees and other moving costs. Finding a comparable house will be a challenge with the market the way it is. If we do move we'll have to do a major down size or pay more than what we may be able to sell our present house for.
So the question becomes, put up with all the road construction then all the traffic and noise once all the building is complete or down-size and move before it all gets going? Oh I should mention I'm a 100% DAV and not in all that great of health between back and knee issues.
Please keep the discussion civil and I'll take any suggestions. Thanks guys/gals.
We have a new addition going in about a block away from us at Morgan Rd and 59th which is already a busy area. The developer (Home Creations) is going to put in 400+ new homes. They'll have a mixture of high end homes (500k+) and medium to low end patio homes (which will be on my end of the development). There will be two exits one on 59th (probably the oil lease access) and another that will feed directly into the street I live on. The city says they'll be starting to widen Morgan Rd. to four lanes soon (hopefully it won't take two years like Sara Rd did). The residents are NOT happy campers about loosing some of their property or the noise it will create 24x7.
The developer may be re-thinking the senior housing since so much of it is being built at 59th and County Line Rd. Won't matter much cause they just put in more single units. The one draw-back residents didn't want is the retail center at 59th and Morgan Rd. Who knows what the heck will be leasing the area.
Ok so figure two cars per unit that's at least 800+ cars that will be in the area at rush hour and school time. That's a lot of new traffic in the already busy area. I suspect that the new 4-lane Morgan will lower the speed limit to 35 like they did on Sara Rd. They'll also need a traffic light at 59th and Morgan Rd.
I live close enough to Morgan Rd that I can hear noisy truck traffic now let alone with 4 lanes of it when all is said and done.
I've lived in two areas where new construction was going on and the crime from the workers was evident. I even caught two workers on cam breaking into a staged house they help build then steal all the furnishings. The guy selling it wasn't happy. So I figure crime will go up big time at least for a while.
Moving will not be cheap with real estate fees and other moving costs. Finding a comparable house will be a challenge with the market the way it is. If we do move we'll have to do a major down size or pay more than what we may be able to sell our present house for.
So the question becomes, put up with all the road construction then all the traffic and noise once all the building is complete or down-size and move before it all gets going? Oh I should mention I'm a 100% DAV and not in all that great of health between back and knee issues.
Please keep the discussion civil and I'll take any suggestions. Thanks guys/gals.
outta that cesspool...it's toxic.
