Advisory members press for sidewalks, speed reductions and outreach as redevelopment proceeds

Committee members praised the turning‑lane work but repeatedly pressed staff to pursue sidewalk gaps and traffic calming in the Mount Plymouth Sorrento planning area. Members asked whether sidewalks or street trees would be required for the Addis Marketplace site and, more broadly, whether speed limits could be reduced on corridor segments such as Orange Street to 437 South and Walton Heath to IGA.

Jamie Brown and other staff said sidewalk and landscape standards are reviewed at site‑plan stage and that some right‑of‑way constraints prevent sidewalks as part of the current turn‑lane concept. Staff said the county’s public‑works division determines speed limits and that follow‑up would be required; the committee asked staff to resume community outreach events and canvassing to gather resident input on traffic and pedestrian priorities.