Lowe's Coming to Area?

From the Star-News:

By Gareth McGrath, July 11:

"The New Hanover County commissioners want to see if there's a way to provide a second signalized entrance for a Lowe's Home Improvement store proposed for Porters Neck.

Concerns over access to the store, part of a larger shopping center at Market Street and the U.S. 17 Wilmington Bypass, prompted the board to delay a decision on the project for 60 days.

Dozens of Porters Neck residents turned out for Monday's meeting to express concerns about safety and traffic with the new store.

Under current plans, the only entrance to the center with a light would be on Porters Neck Road."

Aug. 21 Letterto the Editor:
"EDITOR: In the movie Field of Dreams, the mantra was, "If you build it, they will come."

However, if we are talking about the proposed Lowe's at the Market Street and Porters Neck intersection, you may build it, but the traffic may be so tied up you can't get there.

The proposed zoning change from neighborhood commercial to regional commercial will result in a substantial increase in traffic at an already congested intersection.

It is logical and responsible planning to have infrastructure (adequate roads, sewer, stormwater, etc.) in place before you build a big box and a future shopping center.

There is only one entrance and exit planned for the proposed Lowe's site.

Porters Neck area is desperate for a road parallel to Market Street to allow a more orderly flow of traffic to the Lowe's site. Without a parallel road with additional lights on Market Street, (the developer) will be building the development and hope the infrastructure gets built someday.

It will be subjecting the citizens of New Hanover County to another Military Cutoff debacle with the development going in place long before adequate infrastructure is in place.

Concerned citizens should contact New Hanover County Commissioners and the Planning Board before Sept. 4.

Elizabeth I. Bauereis"