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Plans for a Chapter 40B development on Brick Kiln Road sparked tension between members of the Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals and the public last Thursday, August 17, when some neighbors voiced concerns about the perceived negative impacts of having affordable housing in their neighborhood. The proposed rental development , named Brick Kiln Place , would include 20 units contained in 10 ranch- style duplex buildings on 3.66 acres of land. Developers John J. DeSangro and Dana J. Wessell of Northstar Construction, doing business as Northstar Place , LLC, submitted plans for the project in January. The proposed development is unofficially located at 123 Brick Kiln Road , and would sit between two residential subdivisions on Sophie Lane and Jamie Lane, built between 1960 and 2000. Zoning consultant Stephen O. McKenzie, representing Northstar Place , noted that Mr. Wessell and Mr. DeSangro live off Brick Kiln Road themselves, and chose to build the affordable housing development...

Harford County 's newest roundabout, at the intersection of South Tollgate and Plumtree roads in the Bel Air South area , was experiencing steady traffic Saturday , less that 24 hours after being opened to traffic for the first time. It is one of the final steps in connecting the last gap in Tollgate Road between Bel Air and Route 924/24 in Abingdon, making one continuous road, as first envisioned by Harford County planners more than 30 years ago. That final stretch, which is not expected to be finished until some time next year, runs through the Avanti Luxury Apartments community , which is currently under construction between Plumtree and Bel Air South Parkway . Traffic coming from the other directions – Route 24, Tollgate Road and the residential Cypress Drive – was steady Saturday afternoon , however. The roundabout is just a short distance west from the intersection of Plumtree Road and Route 24. "The developer has proposed to not open the connection until the apart...

CHEYENNE – It has been a tumultuous couple of months for a tidy suburban neighborhood in north Cheyenne . Residents of The Bluffs started hearing about the affordable apartment complex planned for their western border near Converse Avenue in mid-spring. They got a presentation from Summit Housing Group at Anderson Elementary School , which sits in the northwest corner of the neighborhood, not long afterward. By most accounts, things became heated pretty quickly . “We tried to explain the project to community,” Summit senior project manager Sam Lang said. “But they just said, ‘We don’t want this.’” A similarly passionate Cheyenne Planning Commission meeting followed July 5. Commissioners’ attempts to explain their reasoning for recommending approval of rezoning and the importance of having affordable housing in the community came off to many in the crowd of Bluffs neighbors as politically correct nonsense . Similar concerns persisted in City Council committee meetings , though t...