Shifting Plans

Drip by drip by drip.

The original traffic study commissioned by Cornwallis Elm LLC anticipated two banks with four drive-in lanes each on the site of four residences including the Commencement House. That study called for dedicated turn lanes on Cornwallis and Elm. Cornwallis would have to be "improved." Bet that meant widened. Hardly an improvement for the neighborhood that staff's report worried about.

The plan they first filed with the Zoning Commission asked to build two office buildings and a parking deck. The traffic study prepared for the apparently abandoned bank plan was filed with the office building plan.

Now, I understand Cornwallis Elm LLC will file a plan calling for one mammoth two-story 35,000 sq. ft. building, converting the Commencment House to an office and 137 parking spaces. No word yet on a new traffic study.

What do you think? Bet they will maintain the impacts will be minimal.

What do you think? Bet there is another drip in the works to follow this one.