As I was driving down Perkins Road in Baton Rouge the last few days, I have seen numerous hand-painted signs on the side of the road, all with the website
www.stop-rouzan.com.
Curious, I checked it out earlier tonight as a study break. Apparently, there is a developer looking to develop the old Ford property on Perkins Road is that boxed in by Lee and Perkins. That's cool, as the site was never going to be left as green space. But the size of it has neighbors balking ... some 800 units on 120 acres. That's nearly 7 units per acre, easily the most dense new development Baton Rouge would have. Since there are major traffic flow issues on Perkins and Lee already, especially during rush hour, neighbors are understandably concerned.
Politically, Mayor-President Kip Holden is doing the smart thing by asking the City-Parish Zoning Commission to delay its decision on the development so he can sit down with the developer work out the issues that have upset neighboring residents.
But I gotta say, out of all the NIMBY websites I've seen, this one's the best by far.
