18 February 2009

"Project gives Town Council pause" - chapelhillnews.com

What concerns me most about this project is the realization of how noisy the traffic is on 54. If one stands on any of the sidewalks, or in the parking lot at Glen Lennox, for example, it is a near constant roar.

Meadowmont is set back far enough to keep this to a minimum, but from a sheer livability standpoint, this is like living next to an Interstate highway unless one wants to live in a sound-insulated cubicle in one of those large buildings.

Surely, a smart designer could have made much better use of the land, but it probably would not have generated the return that this project may return, if ultimately successful.

They claim more than 50% of their units have been sold? I find it curious that they have run full page ads, as I recall, promoting their "success" and yet this number is not included in the story.

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