Towson Row Standstill Leads To Sidewalk Bill

TOWSON, MD — The Towson Row stalemate has impacted more than just the developers.

The 5-acre mixed-use project hit a wall in late 2016 that has been impacting everyone from pedestrians to business owners ever since, according to the Baltimore Business Journal.

The Towson Row project was to include a Whole Foods, high-rise hotel, 300 apartments and other amenities, according to plans unveiled in 2014.

Caves Valley Partners, which is overseeing the development, reportedly hit rock in late 2016 while trying to build, and now its engineers are retooling the plans.

In the meantime, businesses including a Chesapeake Avenue bistro and pedestrians are bearing the consequences, the journal reported.

Because of the construction zone, pedestrians cannot walk on the sidewalks bordering the 5-acre site, which is couched between well-traveled area of York Road and Chesapeake Avenue.

Councilman David Marks, who represents Towson, proposed a bill that would allow the county to reopen the sidewalks around construction projects that have been dormant for six months.

Marks proposed the bill at a mid April council meeting. A work session will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, at Baltimore County Council Chambers in Towson. There will be a vote during the legislative session of the council at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 25.

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