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Plans call for Carriage Hill to include 128 lots on nearly 69 acres. When completed, the subdivision is expected to create 1,470 trips daily on Colonel Johnson and Old Mill roads, according to a county staff report.
The intersection between 3 Bridges Road and SC 153 already backs up significantly in the mornings. This will likely make that situation significantly worse. How much more growth before the schools in Powdersville will need to be expanded? The other alternative would be to redraw the attendance zone split with Wren but that is a whole other can of worms.
I've not been down that way in a bit, but if you're referring to clearing on Circle Rd it should be Yorkshire Farms. Yet another awful, packed in like sardines, development brought to you by the Beeson's.
"Plans for the project call for construction of 79 single-family homes on 27½ acres on Circle Road in Powdersville."
I feel bad for the 2-3 houses on Circle Road on larger lots that will have part of this subdivision behind them. Powdersville is starting to feel like Simpsonville on a slightly smaller scale.
The intersection between 3 Bridges Road and SC 153 already backs up significantly in the mornings. This will likely make that situation significantly worse. How much more growth before the schools in Powdersville will need to be expanded? The other alternative would be to redraw the attendance zone split with Wren but that is a whole other can of worms.
Concrete completed an 8 classroom expansion in time for the 2017 - 2018 school year. (Assume 25 kids per class and that's a 200 student addition.) Wren Middle is undergoing an expansion and remodel. Not sure of the added capacity with the expansion off hand, but at least 250 students. (Before & after images attached.)
Either way, if these high density developments continue, and there's no reason to expect they wont, we're definitely going to be behind the curve in short order.
High density = more taxes, so it's not like the county cares that it'll cause traffic headaches that are only exacerbated by their lack of planning.
I heard their are plans to add onto Powdersville High School. I am not sure this is true.
Powdersville Elementary, Middle, and High are all slated to get additions as approved in the 2019 - 2023 Anderson School District 1 building program. Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2020.
Elementary - No definite number as far as I can tell, but cost is expected to be the same as the Spearman expansion, which is 8 classrooms, so should be similar.
Middle - 10 classroom addition built with the expectation of adding a 2nd story of an additional 10 rooms at a later time. Additional cafeteria capacity as well.
High - 10 classroom addition + 2 science rooms and a multipurpose building.
For reference Beeson is due to begin a 186 home subdivision on 81 @ Blossom Branch as well. Lot is 70.94 acres so it follows their trend of about .25 acre lots for free standing homes. Though they're likely pushing close to the R-8 minimum on some lots with this one due to the acreage taken up by the pond.
This area is mostly un-zoned, but Anderson County residential zonings are:
For reference Beeson is due to begin a 186 home subdivision on 81 @ Blossom Branch as well. Lot is 70.94 acres so it follows their trend of about .25 acre lots for free standing homes. Though they're likely pushing close to the R-8 minimum on some lots with this one due to the acreage taken up by the pond.
This area is mostly un-zoned, but Anderson County residential zonings are:
I am not familiar with Beeson - is that the name they use to build subdivisions under?
Sorry. Yes. SC 86 @ Blossom Branch. Typo on my part.
Mark III properties, owned by Beeson Development, is basically the current "shell" company that purchases the land and then Beeson Development manages the actual development of the land. Beeson Development is run by Joseph & Joey Beeson and their mantra is certainly maximize profit over all else. Mark III is run by Jay Beeson. They've been around the upstate for a long time, but only really in the Powdersville area for the past few years.
Just do some quick Googling and you'll see the ire folks in the Powdersville area have against them. They try to cram as many homes as is legally possible on a property, try to get around needing to do the traffic studies required for subdivisions of 100+ homes by saying they're actually multiple subdivisions, have tried to sue the county and individuals for rejecting their plans, etc.
It definitely seems to be the way everything is going in Powdersville. Cram as many houses in as possible and have builders come in and put them up as quick and cheap as possible. I hope to see this change soon but its unlikely. Money talks.
It definitely seems to be the way everything is going in Powdersville. Cram as many houses in as possible and have builders come in and put them up as quick and cheap as possible. I hope to see this change soon but its unlikely. Money talks.
There was a petition last year to get county council to vote on zoning rules for Powdersville but Beeson vehemently fought against that and it failed the necessary requirements to be taken up for consideration. If I recall it was going on about the same time Beeson were trying to sue the county for around $42mil for denying their build permit on a subdivision. There were some other factors involved as well, but I don't know the full details.
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