- April 22, 2024
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Dear Editor:
I and many others in this city feel the same way that something has to be done with all this building. We understand about the legalities, but something has to be done!
In two years, Palm Coast is going to be horrendous with traffic. As City Councilman Eddie Branquinho says, the quality of life is going to be affected also. I am grateful for him seeing it the way most of us do. Kudos to Eddie.
Pat Barile
Palm Coast
Dear Editor:
I am a 10-year resident of Palm Coast, who is in favor of a moratorium of multifamily dwellings in Palm Coast. I live in Hidden Lakes off Old Kings Road.
When I go to the Epic Theatres, I see the multifamily dwellings, some of which are two stories in height. I oppose two-story buildings as well. I am in fear of Palm Coast becoming too much more like Daytona and similar cities.
Noted in the recent news are fatal car crashes caused by a severe increase in traffic. Multifamily dwellings will cause an increase of truck, as well as automobile traffic already felt on our roads and streets.
As discussed by Councilman Eddie Branquinho in a recent article in your paper, our lawmakers need to regroup and listen to the voters. This letter is in support of his views as reported in that article.
The residents with whom I discuss this topic are generally in agreement with my views on this topic.
John F. Burt
Palm Coast
Dear Editor:
Old Kings Road is erupting. A fifth new development is planned within a two-mile stretch of Old Kings Road at the south end of Flagler County.
Old Kings Village is the latest development asking to build 241 homes at the frontage acreage of Flagler Polo Club West.
Two miles south is Wexford Reserve, currently building 188 homes, and Wexford Cove, behind Wexford Reserve, wants to build 81 estate-size homes.
Between the two Wexfords and Old Kings Village is a request to expand Eagle Lakes development with a Margaritaville-like community of 1,218 homes divided between two separate parcels called Cresswind and Radiant.
The planned entrance to Old Kings Village is aligned with the planned entrance to Radiant. The two Wexfords share the same entrance, which aligns with the existing Acoma entrance to Halifax Plantation.
The five new developments will add 1,728 homes to the traffic congestion currently on Old Kings Road on which traffic is detoured when I-95 shuts down in either direction.
An ad hoc group called Citizens Monitoring Developments is working to get Flagler County Board of County Commissioners to lower the densities of these planned developments and ensure that the developments pay their fair share to improve the intersections affected by the additional vehicles. To date, the county has done neither action.
Eagle Lakes expansion goes to Board of County Commissioners on March 21 at 5 p.m. to hear input from residents and again on April 4 to begin a hearing on the request. All of the meetings will be at the Government Services Building, 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Building 2, Bunnell (same building as tax collection and tag office).
Sallee Arnoff
Flagler Beach
Editor’s Note: Arnoff is a member of an ad hoc group called Citizens Monitoring Developments.
