Charlotte Urbanists
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Question prompted by this post over at r/urbanplanning . Curious what everyone thinks -- I'm certain we've got some major ones but I'm a transplant from Virginia Beach since 2016 and nowhere near educated enough on the city's history to even take a guess.
I know this issue was raised several days ago and dismissed as rumor, but I’m concerned that we are overlooking a critical detail due to semantics.
Joe Bruno reported that there will “100% be a path”, but my response to this is that the existence of a path is not in dispute.
The CLTDevelopment account argues that land can’t be considered private it it’s leased from the city… but can you walk into the stadium at any time or without a ticket?
In the rezoning documents, the current tunnel beneath the train tracks adjacent to the stadium is now marked with the word “PRIVATE”. The zoning documents also say the connector “Shall not be considered a frontage and may be closed for events.”
For years, West Charlotte residents have experienced Tepper closing off the tunnel during practices, landscaping maintenance and before prepping for concerts. This is without a permit, when he had no right to do so.
There is no reason in the scope of the practice field expansion to grant an unreliable character the exclusive right to close the tunnel. West Charlotte was already seriously harmed by I77 when it cut off safe access to uptown. This is the last safe pedestrian and cyclist route from the west side into the city, and none of us want to be out on Morehead risking our lives to get to work or an event.
TLDR: yes we know a path will stay, but giving Tepper control to close it at any time will burden west Charlotte, cyclists and pedestrians. Is a blocked path still a path?
The community is circulating a petitionand engaging with community leaders.
