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BY ANGELA BONILLA
Oak Ridge North to work with developer on 160-home plan to current Montgomery County standards. She said demographic studies for Oak Ridge North show that by 2030, the city’s population of almost 3,000 could see a decrease due to current residents’ ages and other factors, meaning the new development could help the city maintain its current population. Proposed development 32 acres 160 homes
Oak Ridge North City Council directed city staff on Nov. 17 to begin working with D.R. Horton, an Arlington-based home construction company, on discussions regarding a proposed 160-home devel- opment in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. The backstory D. R. Horton Project Manager Iyeka Bankston presented the proposal for a development at Elder and Robinson roads featuring 40-by-110-foot lot sizes, as previously reported by Community Impact . The project had originally been pre- sented as fewer homes on 50-by-110-foot lots. The reduced size would allow for 40 additional rooftops, or a total of 160 homes, Bankston said. The homes would be priced at approximately $419,000 in order to be competitive with higher-priced homes in The Woodlands, she said. Bankston said the community could provide benefits to the city such as right-of-way improve- ments on Robinson Road and widening Elder Road
“We’d like to be able to add new development ... so that you can continue to grow your commu- nity,” Bankston said. More details D.R. Horton and city administrator Heather Nea- ley will meet to discuss and plan the development, but a timeline was not laid out. Bankston said the developer was also working with Montgomery County on emergency access on the roads. As part of that, Elder Road would also be widened as part of the project and an emergency access plan would be developed, she said.
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SOURCE: D.R. HORTON/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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