[JYO] County PC Approves Crosstrail Development
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- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:04:35 EDT
County PC Approves Crosstrail Development
_Molly Novotny_ (mailto:)
Sep 12, 2006 -- The Peterson Companies received a green light from the
Loudoun County Planning Commission last night to build its 500-acre mixed-use
Crosstrail development south of Leesburg.
The commission concurrently approved the zoning map and comprehensive plan
amendments by a 5-2-1-1 vote. Chairman Theresa White Whitmore, Vice Chairman
Robert Klancher and Commissioners John Elgin, Helena Syska and Suzanne Volpe
approved the application. Commissioners Kevin Ruedisueli and Nancy Doan denied
it; Commissioner Barbara Munsey abstained and Commissioner Nancy Hsu was
absent.
As part of its mixed-use development, Peterson Companies has proposed
building 1200 homes, down from 1,300, up to 1.85 million square feet of office
and
industrial uses and nearly 1 million square feet of retail uses between the
Leesburg Airport and the Dulles Greenway. The future Battlefield Parkway lies
to the north of the property and the extension of Crosstrail Boulevard would
cross the southern portion.
In recommending its approval, the commission increased the amount of proffers
The Peterson Companies would contribute to road projects by $3 million. But
even with that increase, Loudoun planning staff said the project still did
not mitigate its own traffic implications.
Kalriess said he has asked for, but not received, the traffic study that was
done to show how the developmentâs traffic would impact local roads.
âWithout seeing the details of [the traffic study] â I canât answer that
question,â of whether the project mitigates its own traffic, he said.
Two priorities were identified for the applicantâs $12 million contribution
in off-site road improvements, Kalriess said. Paving Shreve Mill Road from the
Dulles Greenway west to Evergreen Mill Road to provide access to the school
site The Peterson Companies proffered as well as building two lanes of
Battlefield Parkway from the Greenway to Evergreen Mill Road is the first
priority,
Kalriess said, and improving and widening the remaining sections of Sycolin
Road that are unfunded is the second priority, he said.
Kalriess said he didnât know if the money would be sufficient for the
projects.
The commission also recommended that the Loudoun County Sanitation Authority
provide water and sewer service to the property, which it said it could
provide in three to three and a half years for $28 million.
David DâOnofrio, a spokesman for The Peterson Companies said in total, the
company proferred $37 million in road improvements and a total of $41 million
when civic improvements are included. The civic improvements include the land
The Peterson Companies is dedicating for an elementary school site and a fire
and rescue site.
The Board of Supervisors will take up the application next. The earliest
meeting for which it could schedule a public hearing would be Oct. 10.
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