Developer Kevin Jackson is seeking City Council support for a second entrance into the ‘Meadows at Haw Creek’ development. This in the form of a bridge across Haw Creek on a raised roadway as much as 15' above the wetlands. The proposal calls for two segments of bridge plus earthen berms totaling about 400’ in length and 30’ wide. 

For the reasons below, HCCA leaders oppose the proposed bridge and entrance road. To defeat this risky change, we need your help. Please contact City Council members and ask them to support the plan they already approved last year and oppose this change. 

ashevillenccouncil@ashevillenc.gov

What’s wrong with the proposed bridge?

Upon completion, much of this 27-acre site will transform from natural drainage to impermeable surfaces–roads & homesites–causing stormwater to be funneled into the wetlands and Haw Creek.

• As evidenced during Helene, stormwater overflowed this site and destroyed the former bridge.
  
• Significant sections of the bridge entrance road will be earthen berms, 30’ or more wide and 10’ in height, thereby further constricting stormwater flow. 
  
• A required engineering study to determine bridge feasibility would not occur until after the City Council vote.
  
• The bridge may result in increased downstream flooding of homes and businesses.
  
• The bridge option would alter the previously approved site plan necessitating retaining walls and causing the greenway to dead-end instead of connecting to Sleepy Hollow Drive.

Tropical Storm Helene showed the power of nature and the impact of flooding. It’s up to us to heed this lesson. The proposed bridge and road across Haw Creek and the wetlands would be a mistake with real-world consequences. Please request City Council vote no. 

Additional Information About the Bridge Proposal