Petition Takes Aim At Proposed Massive Lakefront Development Plan In Mooresville

MOORESVILLE, NC -- Proposed rezoning of land between Davidson and Mooresville for a massive high density mixed-use residential and commercial development has sparked intense opposition and a petition from local residents who say it poses environmental concerns and would clog already congested roads.

Developer Hinckley Gauvain has applied for rezoning permits for property at 1814 and 1828 Mecklenburg Highway to rezone the Lake Davidson waterfront property be converted from single family residential to corridor mixed use and neighborhood mixed use.

The Town of Mooresville’s Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the proposal Monday, June 5 at 6 p.m.

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Earlier on June 5, however, a petition opposing the plan began circulating, asking the town’s board to deny the rezoning application, saying that the plan is too high density to meet watershed protection mandates, would add a significant traffic burden to the region and would “destroy the lake, environment and rural nature of this area.” Within hours of its creation, hundreds of residents had already signed it.

“The traffic on this road is already a problem,” said Robin Rosenfeld on the Change.org petition page. “Adding more cars without adding more infrastructure is absurd.”

“Traffic nightmare,” said Francoise Wolf. “Also any time there is an accident on 77 (daily), traffic gets re-routed to 115. A one-way 10 minutes commute to work to Ingersoll Rand sometimes takes me 45 minutes. One of the reason I live in the Lake Norman area is for quality of living, but it seems that this area is becoming saturated and over-crowded very quickly.”

“There are too many variables that have not been addressed,” said Alan White in comments on the petition page.

Mooresville’s public hearing is Monday at 6 p.m. in the Town Hall’s executive board room at 413 North Main Street. The agenda for the June 5 town board meeting can be found here.

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