Westtown Planning Commission Recommends Crebilly Farm Development … with Strings Attached
Construction plans may soon plow into the rolling hills of Crebilly Farm southeast of downtown West Chester — if architects don’t get tangled up in all the strings.
By a vote of 6-1, the Westtown Township Planning Commission cleared the way for Toll Bros. to build as many as 397 single-family houses and townhouses on Crebilly Farm’s 322 acres of mostly farmland. But it also recommended 40 strings be attached, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report by Michaelle Bond.
Now the township supervisors must make the call, informed by several township board hearings through April.
Among the suggested strings to be attached:
- an archeological survey of the Revolutionary War marching grounds
- upgrades to the township’s sewer system
- additional traffic signals
- road improvements
- public trails
- landscaping the township approves
- limiting stormwater runoff
- minimized use of cul-de-sacs
Read more about the planning recommendations for Crebilly Farm in the Philadelphia Inquirer here, and check out previous VISTA Today coverage of the controversy here.
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