A proposed property development plan could change The Mordecai on Clover townhome complex to multi-story apartments. | Mordecai CAC/Facebook
A proposed property development plan could change The Mordecai on Clover townhome complex to multi-story apartments. | Mordecai CAC/Facebook
A development project that would replace a few dozen townhomes with hundreds of apartments in a historic Raleigh neighborhood is causing some worry among citizens who don’t think the city’s infrastructure can handle it.
Neighborhood citizens have banded together under the umbrella of the Mordecai Clover Lane Committee to raise their concerns, some of which are related to the increased traffic.
"Our streets weren’t built for that, and that’s a problem,” committee member Catherine Clodfelter told WRAL on Wednesday.
Sara Merz, who lives near the affected area, agreed.
"There’s a major traffic safety issue for us and future residents if there’s traffic on these narrow streets with no sidewalks,” she said.
The planned development was the topic of discussion by neighbors, the developer and city planners this week; the WRAL report said. The owner wants to redevelop the 55-year-old townhome community by building an up to five-story apartment complex. The exact plan has not been finalized, but if it goes to the high end of projections, it would change the number of housing units to approximately 400 from the existing 57, pending rezoning approval.
Lot sizes and restrictions on building heights exist for the Mordecai Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District.
"The biggest problem is not having a plan so the neighborhood can really respond to it,” Clodfelter told WRAL.
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