Sprawling townhouse communities have impacted traffic from Bowie to Brandywine, and efforts to build more of them have influenced recent elections in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
On Tuesday, a bill is being introduced in the county council that would put a two-year pause on future townhouse developments that would be built outside of what the county defines as transit hubs.
“We have most of our townhouse development applications at this point outside of transit-oriented areas, and even outside of some of our local area centers,” said Council member Wala Blegay.
As the county grows, she said, it lacks the needed infrastructure to accommodate that growth, and so people who move into those communities end up complaining about the clogged-up traffic and crowded schools.
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