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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having learned nothing from the abysmal financial drain by the city for the Takoma Junction project, the city is embarking on an ambitious upzoning project to attract a luxury residential developer to build condos on the site of the Washington Adventist Hospital. First step is $60K spending by the city for planning a new streetscape along Maple Ave meant to make this project attractive to developers. What are the chances this can succeed in a way that can pay back taxpayers for the "investment"? [/quote]

The city roads can't handle the added traffic from developments like this.  Getting out of TP via Carroll to University is already a nightmare.[/quote]

I don't live in TP but arguing that a city should not develop a large vacant site in a prime location for fear it will create too much traffic is the kind of backwards thinking that kills local becomes and results in cities having to raise taxes and reduce amenities.

If a city isn't growing, it's dying. The key is smart growth-- advocate for a plan that will create more public transit resources along with this development, or improve existing traffic infrastructure. Look at what you can reasonably extract from a developer to assist with this.

But arguing the city should not build and new housing because of traffic congestion is just NIMBYism run amok. It won't work out how you hope.[/quote]

It's not a large vacant site. This building is on private property - the Washington Adventist University surrounds the building. The Adventist Church owns the hospital site. Please reference the first post in this thread to see how stupid the TP city council is. It spent millions of dollars to buy a parking lot and contract with a developer to turn that parking lot into a commercial development with a community center. If only the council had started with the state highway department to see if Carroll Ave could handle the additional road burden, it could have saved the city a lot of time and money. The state turned down the project. And now, there is just the parking lot, same as before. The city council knows nothing about development. [/quote]

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