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Ear_Enthusiast t1_iwbyx19 wrote

Reply to comment by Historical-Fig in Surf’s up for Chesterfield’s The Lake - Virginia Business by Charlesinrichmond

Agreed, but it's not just that. It's all of the growth west of Woodlake and all of the housing developments popping up in the area that concern me more. The addition of the water park on top of all that shit certainly doesn't help. Powhite North is going to be a nightmare once it's extended past Magnolia Green and Hampton Park. It's already bad at the two tolls in the mornings and afternoons. All of the HOA's in the area need to start working together to start putting pressure on the county to start thinking about infrastructure and new facilities.

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Rain-Gold t1_iwe0in8 wrote

It sucks here now. I moved into Moseley about 15 years ago before Magnolia Green and all the other cookie cutter subdivisions. Many people didn’t even know where Moseley was. It was so quiet and peaceful. Now I feel like I’m living in a soulless Nova.

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Charlesinrichmond OP t1_iwewufv wrote

I don't want to be cruel but you always were

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Rain-Gold t1_iwezlf9 wrote

Always were what? Soulless Nova? No way. We had so much wildlife especially by the swampy area on otterdale. Coyotes, deer, foxes, bears, etc. most all of those are trying to find new homes. It was quiet. Full of woods. No traffic. So many stars. It all changed.

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Charlesinrichmond OP t1_iwgu90e wrote

I think building on woods is pretty bad. We should build in the city But yeah, for the last 12 years I've found Chesterfield to be soulless nova without traffic

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Rain-Gold t1_iwivkpc wrote

I can agree with that a bit but I’m going back further than 12 years and it was so much better.

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Historical-Fig t1_iwc0a31 wrote

I don’t know enough about the proposed Powhite North yet to make an informed decision yet but my initial reaction is that, in theory anyway, it should help alleviate some of the heavy Hull st traffic from 288 down to Magnolia Green but time will tell. That being said, I used to live in Amelia and as they started building west and putting in new stop lights, I’d joke that it takes me 30 mins just to get to where it takes me 30 mins to get into town. Progress… what can you do.

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memorex00 t1_iwc2n7k wrote

Yes, but I'm curious about something. Have they started the construction yet? I haven't seen anything about that and what is the timeline for completing this project? I can't imagine it will be done anytime soon (within 5 years?)

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Historical-Fig t1_iwcah3b wrote

That’s kind of why I don’t know enough about it… first; it really doesn’t matter what I think, it’ll happen or not happen regardless of my thoughts on the matter and second; I haven’t seen anything actually confirming it’s even going to happen other than rumors here on Reddit. As far as a timeline of completion, I think 5 years is ambitious for any roadwork in C’field… I remember when they widened Courthouse rd… that took 10 years and was a fairly straightforward expansion… can you imagine how long they’ll take with a brand new major highway. I’d say the 288 extension wasn’t too bad but that was only like 5 miles of road they were responsible for, plus the added pressure from the other counties to meet the deadlines.

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hi_revver t1_iwegset wrote

It's funny. I was talking to a retired Chesterfield cop friend of mine the other night about the Powhite extension. He said when he joined the force in 1991 all the maps they used had the proposed extension already on them. In 1991. They haven't been able to get it together in 31 years so I can't imagine much is going to get done in the next 5 unless they've been saving all those tolls we've been paying. Until then 360 west is just going to continue to be brutal. But hey, at least we get new chain restaurants every couple miles!

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memorex00 t1_iwmxxkh wrote

Check out the proposed East/West freeway. It’s been there forever.

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