While the City’s sketches show clean lines and clear passage with no traffic congestion, the reality is that this construction is not happening in virgin territory. There are established neighborhoods with residences, churches, and businesses that will be severely affected by the encroachment of the new road. The older buildings’ styles clash with the architectural design of the broad modern avenue. The drawings also misrepresent the impact on those buildings. Many homes will lose their front yards, churches and businesses will lose parking spaces, and both will have streets and sidewalks only a few feet away from their buildings.
The project video flys us hundreds of feet above the street – it looks nice that way, but none of us will ever fly over Six Forks on our daily commute. We will all experience our drive at the street level where we will be looking right into front rooms and bedrooms. Cramping businesses and eliminating needed parking: The project legacy will be cramped dysfunction.
Notice how close those project stakes are to this medical practice. Will traffic that close have an impact on audiology testing?
The imagery created by the City misleads the viewer regarding the final aesthetics. It shows clean, tree-lined streets and sidewalks with few buildings and no power lines. The reality is that the power lines, not just the street lights will still be there. The street will be right next to buildings
The city claims the project improves aesthetics – When/how did more asphalt ever look better? Another example of misrepresentation.