Town Crier Articles

 

The proposed Westwood Park development on Eastern State Hospital surplus land is in the first stage of a long development process?  

 

New Town residents (all of us) are stakeholders—we all have a voice in what happens to this land. 

 

The development is not a done deal, but is in the stage of application for rezoning. This stage requires a comprehensive study by James City County of the environmental and traffic impact, among other things. (See JCC website on rezoning.)

 

• to protect the intersection at Rollison and Olive Drive from road access to the new development
• to add an additional buffer in the woods behind Charlotte Park
• to reduce the number of units being built at Westwood Park
• to keep New Town as a separate entity

The Association has done a great job of staying on top of this, protecting New Town (see March 2023 NTRA letter with all the details), and keeping us informed. 

 

 

• traffic will increase on Ironbound Road (busy with VDOT trucks, traffic from 199)
• traffic will increase on Discovery Park Boulevard, and expect likely cut-throughs on Casey Blvd and New Town Avenue
• more units built means more trees and natural habitat lost
• Powhatan Creek watershed is already in the “red zone” for overbuilding—what will happen with Westwood Park?

And so far the developer ABVA has not kept past promises to New Town.

 

 

Keep reading the Town Crier and announcements from the NTRA. Check your email for updates. Show up at the James City County Planning Commission public hearing, once it is announced--maybe in the fall? Stay tuned!