SAY NO TO REZ2026-00008 - STOP HIGH DENSITY ON RIDGE RD/THOMPSON MILL RD
Please sign this petition to stop a high density development on the corner of Ridge Rd and Thompson Mill Rd. This development will make way for more high density developments in our area, increase traffic on our already jammed-packed two lane roads and impact our overpopulated schools.
The corner of Ridge Rd and Thompson Mill Rd is 11.59 acres zoned RA-200 designed for rural, low-density areas, allowing one-family detached dwellings, agricultural activities, and livestock. The applicant is requesting to rezone that corner to R-TH to construct 67 townhomes!! We don't want that in our community!! We moved to Buford for the rural, quiet environment. If we wanted the urban, high density feel, we would have chosen to live somewhere else!!
Those 67 townhomes would bring at least 134 more vehicles to our already jammed roads. Our two lanes cannot handle this amount of additional traffic especially at that corner. More traffic on crowded roads creates unsafe traffic conditions. Thompson Mill Rd is already backed up when people are trying to get home.
67 townhomes would also bring an influx of students to our now crowded schools. Ivy Creek Elementary and Jones Middle have multiple trailers already to accommodate the overcrowding. The students have to alternate days to eat lunch in the cafeteria and their classrooms due to the overcrowding. Teacher to student ratios increasingly growing making it impossible to provide effective learning.
This development is not smart growth in this area!! Please sign this petition to say NO to this application for rezoning and to stop this development. Thank you!
Linda Halverson Contact the author of the petition