North Augustans worry as ‘The Hive’ development breaks ground
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Work is underway for a project bringing apartments and townhomes to the east side of Martintown Road in North Augusta.
The project has been raising concerns for neighbors about more people and traffic.
Since 2006, there have been a lot of concerns about this project.
On one side, you have people excited about new apartments, homes, and businesses, but on the other, they’re worried about what this will mean for people who live nearby.
People who live in Pineview Estates hope the roads don’t go from being quiet and peaceful to loud and busy as construction for The Hive breaks ground.
“We have several fears, one being safety for the kids there as you know that there are no sidewalks,” said Jean Norris, who lives off Pinon Drive in Pineview Estates.
Some of her neighbors plan on moving because of it.
“The house next to us, that lot, that’s the road. And then the road will cut and tie in back there. I mean, it’s nuts. All the woods not on our land are going to be down. All the noise that you don’t hear from right now from the roads and everything, it’s going to be gone,” she said.
The project will add single-family homes, apartments, townhomes, as well as businesses and a green space.
“That road on Five Notch is always bad. To open this up to even more traffic from all those, you know, 2,000 homes and apartments that they’re going to be putting together, coming through here ... that’s ridiculous,” said Norris.
It’s a project city leaders started talking about back in 2006, but that doesn’t make this any easier.
“That’s why you move to North Augusta. You don’t want to be like Augusta. That’s why we chose to live here instead of Evans over Martinez over Augusta over Grovetown. We don’t want to be another Grovetown. We want to be unique and historic, small, lovely, charming and it’s going to be taken away from us with that,” she said.
To see a closer look at the plans for The Hive, click here.
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