Northcross Walmart

The following is a guest post from fleeter fay:

For the unaware, the plan for Northcross Mall is to build a 217,000 square foot Walmart right in the middle of a neighborhood. there are only two other stores that are bigger than that in all of central Texas: Ikea and Cabella's both located on I35. This will hurt the surrounding neighborhoods greatly. Here's why:

Walmart projections according to their submitted site-plan have traffic doubling however they used the EXACT same numbers for the superwalmart in Denver and the numbers were under projected by 44%.

The roads were not built for diesel trucks and the area between 183 and Anderson will be an extension of the highway. How many trucks does it take to keep a walmart of those proportions afloat? Jamie Means, this means you!

City council was in the process of coming up with a design plan for this area making it a multi-use pedestrian and bicycle traffic mall. They approved the design standard plan however the city managers office had already approved this Walmart with out consulting with City council. City council is now fighting the city managers office to have some sort of injunction.

It is not too late. the demolition permit has not been issued, nor has the building permit been issued. Only the siteplan has been approved. You can help stop it and save those neighborhoods, and neighborhood businesses.

Write to your city council members, mayor and city managers office. One of the easiest and most effective things you can do right now is email our City Council members to let them know you want the current Lincoln Properties site plan for the Northcross redevelopment stopped.

The phrase you must include in your letter [without altering it] is ” I request the City Council to direct the director of the Watershed Protection and Development Review Department to suspend approval of the site plan.”

Give reasons that include your concern for traffic, home values, increased crime and its incompatibility with the City’s neighborhood planning goals. Send an email to all your council members right now:

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/council/groupemail.htm There you will see a form you can easily fill out and post!


Go to fox news website and fill out the poll:
http://www.myfoxaustin.com/myfox/

all of this you can do from your armchair!
thanks for your help and for caring about your community!
love, fleeter