Peters residents concerned about proposed Crossings Six development
Plans for a 54-unit patio home development in McMurray could be endorsed by Peters Township council by early next month, but that approval will likely not have the total support of residents living around the 15.76-acre Maid Marion Drive site.
Council held a public hearing May 18 to discuss plans by Eddy Land Co. Inc. of Bridgeville to build patio homes at the existing Crossings Six development on Maid Marion Lane, where housing prices are expected to start in the mid-$400,000 range and climb to $800,000, depending on the size of the unit.
“This could possibly be acted on June 8,” said township manager Michael Silvestri, who also said the township planning commission approved the plan with 16 conditional uses.
Around a dozen residents who live near the Crossings Six development attended the hearing to express their concern that the additional homes will add too much density to the area and impede their privacy.
“At the end of Maid Marion, there are $900,000 homes,” said Gary Marsh, who lives at 205 Maid Marion Lane. “This is one of the nicest streets in Peters.”
Marsh, who attended the hearing with his wife, Valerie, said the addition of 54 patio homes would add “shocking density” to the neighborhood.
“We need to physically separate the homes from the development,” he said.
Linda Vaira, who lives at 115 Will Scarlett Road, suggested that Eddy Homes eliminate three of the planned patio homes to alleviate any density concerns of nearby residents. She also hoped that the nearby wooded area would be maintained as well.
“Our privacy is going to be affected,” Vaira said. “Headlights will flash on our house.”
Larry Eakin, a resident of 1011 Sheriff’s Court, echoed Vaira’s concern about having too many houses constructed.
“The best outcome would be 15 to 20 homes, not 54 homes,” said Eakin, who suggested putting up some sort of evergreen tree barrier between the existing homes at the Crossings Six expansion, something that Eddy Homes has said it is agreeable to.
Eakin said he also thought it was not a good idea to have a walking trail along Sheriff’s Court.