Irresponsible development

Dec 27, 2017
Dec 27, 2017 Updated Apr 13, 2025
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Editor,

In response to the proposed mixed-use housing on Concar Drive, consisting of 935 residential units and 35,000 square feet of office space, I sent two words to the City Council: “Irresponsible” and “Obscene.”

(4) comments

Hikertom Dec 28, 2017 8:41am

Our region has a severe shortage of housing, and there is no room for the urban area to expand. We need more density, and the huge strip mall on Concar is the perfect place for it. It will reduce traffic congestion by allowing people who are now driving across the bridge to get to work to live closer to where they work and to commute via Caltrain.

Lisa Dec 28, 2017 10:05am

Hikertom - We need some local government with lion hearts to save us. Folks who think out of the box they are trying to put us in. Folks who are willing to take the blinders off and say NO MORE. No more will we believe the fallacy of 'affordable housing.' No more will we believe that everyone will give up their cars if we build by public transit. No more will we think that folks commuting will give up their single family homes to move closer to work and cram their families into the condos and apartments we are building. The jig is up. Now we see who are the lionhearted and who are the lemmings.

Hikertom Dec 28, 2017 12:28pm

Lisa: People are living in transit oriented developments and they are using public transportation. I suggest you walk around Bay Meadows. The townhouses, condos, and apartments built there are very popular, and it is a great place to live. There are lots of parks and playgrounds for the kids. As a result of this kind of development ridership on Caltrain is way up over the past few years. In fact, it is running at capacity during rush hours. Electrification will allow it to carry more passengers in a few years. Even if people still drive to work they won't have to drive as far as they do now. And if residents in the Passage to San Mateo community need to buy a quart of milk or something else they won't need to drive to Trader Joe's. It will be right there. If we don't build more housing, where are teachers, plumbers, infrastructure workers, restaurant workers, store clerks, etc. supposed to live?

Mr Eddy Dec 29, 2017 12:41pm

I agree with you Lisa, I’m so sick of these monstrous housing projects that have already caused traffic problems. I thought the city would only approve certain projects in a particular location, like they did near the freeway and that nearly 600 unit, which I thought that’s enough for Delaware St. But they’re adding even more condos and offices, and no TJ Maxx and putting laughable shops that are redundant to already built projects nearby. I want the shopping center to be renovated and make it more functional with lower density housing, and retain the quality of life in our neighborhood.

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