By Dave Fidlin
Correspondent
Options for screening the village’s Fox Glen subdivision from the nearby industrial park became a topic of conversation at a Waterford Village Board meeting last month.
Village President Tom Roanhouse had placed the item on the agenda, and asked for feedback on ways to provide some type of screening device for residents in the subdivision, which has several new homes and a number of still-undeveloped lots.
Fox Glen contains a number of village streets, including Fox Isle, Meadowgate and Willow Bend drives.
“I think we owe it as a village to look at a way of separating the industrial park and the subdivision,” Roanhouse said.
“Once the subdivision is built up, there could be demands (from residents) to do something about the noise and traffic. Let’s do something now and be proactive.”
Jeff Dolezal, director of public works, said there had been plans to plant trees along the lot lines between the homes within the subdivision that abut the industrial park.
But the scenario does present a challenge: There is a natural gas main at the dividing point, and WE Energies might remove trees at any time if the utility needs to tend to maintenance or address an issue.
“It’s a difficult area to try and plant something,” Dolezal said.
As part of a development agreement, owners of the nearby industrial park reportedly had allocated $6,000 toward planting vegetation at the lot line.
While some trees and other forms of plantings have already been planted, Roanhouse said he believed further actions should be taken.
“It’s not enough to properly shield the area,” Roanhouse said.
Dolezal and Roanhouse are currently seeking some proposals for various options and parameters in order to determine the cost for a solution.
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