Concerns about speeds on Marshall Road in Abbotsford, British Columbia, surfaced last week as council considered a new RV dealership at the site.
This story by Tyler Olsen originally appeared in The Abbotsford News.
And while the new business location didn’t encounter any resistance at a public hearing, one neighbor warned that a new median that the city says must accompany the new facility will cause problems for trucks and other large vehicles speeding along the road.
Woody’s RV World hopes to relocate from its current location at the intersection of Marshall and Peardonville to a new site just west of the Clearbrook Road roundabout. The property, on Marshall Road, has room to park dozens of the vehicles, and the company has plans for a large dealership building. The land in question was conditionally excluded from the Agricultural Land Reserve more than a decade ago, and to proceed with the project, the developer must pay just shy of $200,000 into the city’s Agricultural Trust.
Woody’s proposal elicited no opposition at a public hearing last week, and council unanimously voted in favor of rezoning of the property. But one nearby business owner said he worried that adding a median to deter left turns out of one driveway will just create new problems.
The city says a median must be built to prevent left turns from the dealership at a driveway on the east of the property, near a bend in Marshall Road.
Mayor Henry Braun added that not dealing with the sightline issues could put the city at risk of a lawsuit.
