Construction of the Walnut Grove development has begun off Walnut Street (See Oct. 8 item, “Walnut Grove site work to begin soon“), and problems with the resulting truck traffic have prompted complaints by neighbors at either end of Walnut Street nearby.
Walnut Grove is an “infill” development that will include 23 townhomes and two single-family detached homes. The town has a site plan on its website here.
Heavy trucks and the dust and mud they create are likely to be a nuisance for a year or more, according to construction company officials working on the project. Nobody’s happy about the traffic and the best solution — allowing traffic in from South Main Street – is apparently stalled because of a dispute with a property owner.
So residents are asking what town officials and board members can do to make life better as construction proceeds.
In a letter last week to town officials (also signed by other homeowners), Liz and Walt Pierce lamented the turmoil created by the project. “Over the past few weeks the residents of Walnut Street have come to realize that our quiet neighborhood no longer exists. Now we have constant construction traffic,” they wrote. (Read the full letter here: Pierce Letter to town on Walnut traffic)
