
The Wal-Mart Supercenter is Back!
Last
year the City Council rejected plans for a 207,000 square-foot Wal-Mart Super
Center at Miles Field along Highway 99 at Center Drive. Now after months of
secret meetings with city planning staff, Wal-Mart is trying to sneak its huge
building into town without an adequate traffic study.
IT’S
NOT OVER!
Residents and business owners must urge the City
Council to require Wal-Mart to conduct an adequate traffic study
to analyze the impacts of almost 9,000 additional
car trips per day in the already congested South Medford I-5 Interchange area.
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Medford Citizens for Responsible Development formed to organize opposition to
the development, and is a grassroots
organization of community residents and business owners is working to ensure
public involvement in the process. Our
goals are to raise awareness of the proposal and organize community involvement
in the decision. Concerns include the
impact on existing traffic problems, compatibility with adjacent buildings and
effects on local business.
If we don’t act now we will have to live with the consequences of this development.
WE NEED YOUR INPUT AND SUPPORT!