"The Piedmont City Council will meet Oct. 6 to discuss a proposed 199-unit development on Moraga Avenue between Highway 13 and Pleasant Valley Road. Reportedly earmarked for affordable and low-income housing are 60 of the units. The Piedmont Planning Commission has already voted unanimously to move the plan forward for a site that would be determined by the developer near either Piedmont's Blair Park or Coaches Field."
"Holland says an estimated 11,000 cars use Moraga Avenue daily and that driver and pedestrian safety is already a concern on the narrow, winding road. This is a primary evacuation route in a high-fire-danger zone (as designated by the Piedmont Fire Department), and we cannot imagine adding at least 900 more cars, she says, not to mention buses, Amazon and all the other delivery and service vehicles and sports field traffic into the mix."
"The Moraga Canyon Specific Plan, online at bit.ly/morcanspecplan, says the project will develop a detailed plan for how to incorporate up to 199 units of new housing while maintaining city facilities and improve recreational amenities on city-owned land in Moraga Canyon while improving bicycle, pedestrian, traffic and wildfire safety. Comments are being accepted."
The Piedmont City Council will meet Oct. 6 to consider a proposed 199-unit housing development on Moraga Avenue between Highway 13 and Pleasant Valley Road. Sixty units are reportedly designated as affordable or low-income. The Piedmont Planning Commission voted unanimously to advance the plan for a developer-selected site near Blair Park or Coaches Field. Dozens of neighbors have expressed concerns about driver and pedestrian safety, traffic volume, and wildfire evacuation on the narrow, winding primary evacuation route. Residents estimate about 11,000 daily vehicles and oppose adding roughly 900 more cars plus service and sports traffic. Over 70 letters request stricter evacuation studies and a reduction to 133 units. The Moraga Canyon Specific Plan frames measures to integrate housing while improving city facilities, recreation, multimodal safety, and wildfire preparedness; public comments are being accepted.
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