South River City Citizens oppose changes to neighborhood plan

The South River City Citizens neighborhood group is officially opposing changing the city’s future land use map to exclude a part of their neighborhood in order to expedite placement of a new transit center station for Project Connect. The group expressed its concerns in a resolution unanimously adopted by those attending last week’s neighborhood meeting. Removing the area and adding a transit center, they said, would introduce “uses inconsistent with quiet enjoyment of their residential neighborhood and (diminish) the value of their residential dwellings.” The Planning Commission is scheduled to consider whether to recommend changes to the future land use map at tonight’s meeting. The item is close to the end of a very full agenda. According to the city, the changes are scheduled to go to Council on April 24. It is not clear when such a transit station might be constructed.