Virginia Beach:
“Norfolk gets a brand-new outlet mall, hundreds of jobs and
millions of dollars in tax revenue. Virginia Beach gets a parking lot, a
retention pond and potential traffic woes, a group of disgruntled Virginia
Beach City Council members said Tuesday. And there's the rub. Elected officials
showed no willingness to help Norfolk meet a rushed deadline to begin
construction on Simon Premium Outlets by this summer, with one calling it a ‘fantasy
schedule.’ The 90-store outlet mall would straddle the city line but would
mostly be in Norfolk.
Beach council members and the vice mayor raised questions
about changes to roads and traffic lights, the impact on the Burton Station
neighborhood and other issues, saying the proposal has few benefits for
Virginia Beach residents. Barry Frankenfield, Virginia Beach's director of
strategic growth, on Tuesday gave the council an overview of the proposal,
which calls for the closure of Lake Wright Golf Course and necessitates changes
in Burton Station, a historic neighborhood. He had the unenviable task of
presenting Norfolk's grand plans to the Beach council members, who peppered him
with both questions and statements.”
~Writes John Holland of the Virginia Pilot
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