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A vote in late July on the plan for the $2 million-plus project at Hamburg Street and Oakwood Avenue did not count and must be redone because the board failed to complete the required state environmental review for the project. The intersection has been a traffic bottleneck during peak times ever since the nearby Tim Hortons was built.
Although a resolution signing off on the environmental review was prepared for the board's vote last Monday, trustees delayed action.
Trustee Libby Weberg raised concerns about traffic counts prepared for the project.
"I think this needs further study," Weberg said. "I don't think we're trying to mitigate the Tim Hortons traffic, but any additional traffic that the Mobil [Express Mart] brings."
The traffic issue has long been a concern among trustees. The project would feature the expanded Express Mart convenience and retain the same amount of gasoline pumps at the site -- eight fueling positions.
It would replace a 1,888-square-foot convenience store at 56 Hamburg St. (Route 20A), close two driveways closest to the Oakwood/Hamburg intersection and add a driveway to Oakwood Avenue, farther from the intersection.
Input from the traffic counts generated by traffic consultant GBNRTC does not show the larger minimart/ gas station would substantially add to traffic at that corner. Another consultant also has noted that most of the traffic generated by the fuel/convenience store is drawn from existing traffic passing by the site on its way to another destination.
"I don't think we'll draw out-of-town for [an Express Mart]. It's going to come from here," Mayor Clark Crook said. "The likelihood of people coming to Mobil [Express Mart] as a destination is probably unlikely. If it draws additional business, it probably will be from Tops, down the same route."
Weberg insisted the traffic issue needs more attention.
"We know that area has to be studied. If we do it now, we could ask the developer to do it," she said.
Weberg also is upset about the developer's plans to demolish a vacant nearby home for the project, saying its loss could impact the feel and character of the corner.
"It's also setting precedent that we're rezoning property and allowing demolition," she said.
krobinson@buffnews.com
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