Well the small town setting that people came to apex for is slowly becoming a mess of buildings and development. What will the group think of next to spoil even more of that small town environment? All for the sake of the bottom line! Still, no one wants to support the infrastructure mess we continue to see because of the constant development. We moved here to get away from exactly what you all are shoving down us.
Please slow down the approval of building and neighborhoods. The infrastructure, specifically roads and traffic are getting bad. 55 and Salem street backups are getting worse and with Apex Peakway closed for the bridge the alternative routes are not great. Please stop approving more neighborhoods. It is making it hard for the rest of us who love Apex and want to enjoy living here. I don’t understand why we want to grow so fast. Most of the residents who live here don’t want the expansion so why is the town so focused on expansion versus quality of life for the residents who live here? You can protect Apex from this massive growth headache. When will enough be enough?
Please slow down the approval of building and neighborhoods. The infrastructure, specifically roads and traffic are getting bad. 55 and Salem street backups are getting worse and with Apex Peakway closed for the bridge the alternative routes are not great. Please stop approving more neighborhoods. It is making it hard for the rest of us who love Apex and want to enjoy living here. I don’t understand why we want to grow so fast. Most of the residents who live here don’t want the expansion so why is the town so focused on expansion versus quality of life for the residents who live here? You can protect Apex from this massive growth headache. When will enough be enough?
Please slow down the approval of building and neighborhoods. The infrastructure, specifically roads and traffic are getting bad. 55 and Salem street backups are getting worse and with Apex Peakway closed for the bridge the alternative routes are not great. Please stop approving more neighborhoods. It is making it hard for the rest of us who love Apex and want to enjoy living here. I don’t understand why we want to grow so fast. Most of the residents who live here don’t want the expansion so why is the town so focused on expansion versus quality of life for the residents who live here? You can protect Apex from this massive growth headache. When will enough be enough?
That’s not what I’m saying. We were told that the water reclamation put a dryer in 2 yrs ago that was supposed to make it for 10 yrs. That dryer has lived its length of time unfortunately and already must be replaced. They don’t know if it’s because more people are working from home and more water might be used. My question I guess is with the continuous growth out this way will we have this issue with quality of dryers or are there better quality ones that will last so we don’t get the sewage smell when the winds blow from the south? I admit I know nothing on dryers for water treatment. But I assume just as things seem to be made today that it couldn’t live up to its quality of life. Many of us worry about our resale values due to the odor. And we just want to make sure that this will be resolved. So far since the mayor came and spoke there have been fewer issues and we hope it continues that way.
Ah, understood. Perhaps we interpret the term “capacity” differently: to me it’s a specific metric we track (and allocate out of) for daily number of gallons we can treat. Developments pay a fee to connect to the system and reserve capacity (and pay for future upgrades/expansions)
Okay yes. Definitely using the term differently. My apologies. Just concerned the dryer will conk out again in two years. But I assume with the open lines of communication now with the hot line maybe it will be radar for us. It was definitely a smelly situation.
The water treatment is already at capacity from my understanding. I reside in one of the neighborhoods in new hill being impacted by the continuous odor from the dryers that didn’t make the 10 yr evaluated time frame but lasted only 2 yrs. I attended the mayor’s town hall meeting on this recently in one of the neighborhoods.
Here is their latest report. We're not even close.
I'll say there are two numbers: first is actual daily treatment versus capacity. Here, it's not even close - well less than 50% of capacity.
There is also the scheduled capacity; which is what there exists today plus what has been "allocated" to future projects. Here, we are also not close (I don't see this number on the report). But by 2030 or 2035 we are projected to allocate the rest of the existing plants capacity - which sounds bad, and if nothing was done, development approvals would stop (but not constructing of previously approved developments; because their capacity was already allocated). But there always was scheduled a planned system expansion to address that - since the plant first came online. Once that project starts then new allocations would go out of the expanded capacity (and obviously they couldn't start using it until the expansion comes online, which isn't a problem at all and something they can plan for).
Okay thank you. This is helpful info. New Hill will continue to reach out on the hot line as we experience the odor as suggested. And hopefully it continues to be resolved. This is great information I can pass along to my community.
Capacity is managed closely, allocations are reserved on a per project basis, and an expansion is planned and well funded to be completed long before we are fully at capacity. We are not currently "at capacity" (if I understand that to mean you believe or have been told there is no more space for additional allocations - that is objectively not the case)
What happens to the yard waste? Is it composted, turned into mulch or just dumped in a landfill to create greenhouse gases? What company manages the processing of the waste?
Can we possibly see more commercial and jobs and businesses to Apex/New Hill? we have all of these town homes going up everywhere. But it would be nice to see some industry like the bio campus in Holly Springs to help lower taxes to the residents. Maybe a little less bedroom community here.
Also when will Big Branch Water Reclamation expand to keep up with the growth since it’s not able to at this time and communities in New Hill have had to put up with odor for 5 yrs now?
Veridea has a bio/tech campus planned. Part of the issue is we just don't have the available land that Holly Springs does; the existing undeveloped land is in "residential" areas. Holly Springs has former Duke Energy land. We basically just have the 55/64 corridors, and we have seen lots of commercial there lately.
The water treatment plant will be fine; plenty of room and budget for expansion, planned to be done well before the capacity is needed. No concerns about water, sewer, or electric infrastructure at all for the foreseeable future.
YOU WOULDN'T BE RUNNING OUT OF DUMP SPACE IF YOU ZONE THIS PLACE, AND STOP ALL THIS BUILDING!! PERIOD!!! TIME TO MOVE, YOU AND CARY ARE KILLING THIS PLACE!! YOU WON'T BE HAPPY UNTIL IT LOOKS LIKE THE NORTHEAST, BUF, SYR, ROC, ETC... I AM SICK OF THIS CRAP!!
I mean, this is a yard waste dump, so the exact opposite of what you're saying, probably? I think the dump is running out of space because we've done such a good job at preserving greenspace and trees, that the dump is still needed for all the leaves etc that are being collected!
Think about what you just wrote. If you increase the population, the dumps respond accordingly. Know you guys love the tax revenue, and such. But, you are killing this place....
Well the small town setting that people came to apex for is slowly becoming a mess of buildings and development. What will the group think of next to spoil even more of that small town environment? All for the sake of the bottom line! Still, no one wants to support the infrastructure mess we continue to see because of the constant development. We moved here to get away from exactly what you all are shoving down us.
Bingo!!
Please slow down the approval of building and neighborhoods. The infrastructure, specifically roads and traffic are getting bad. 55 and Salem street backups are getting worse and with Apex Peakway closed for the bridge the alternative routes are not great. Please stop approving more neighborhoods. It is making it hard for the rest of us who love Apex and want to enjoy living here. I don’t understand why we want to grow so fast. Most of the residents who live here don’t want the expansion so why is the town so focused on expansion versus quality of life for the residents who live here? You can protect Apex from this massive growth headache. When will enough be enough?
Please slow down the approval of building and neighborhoods. The infrastructure, specifically roads and traffic are getting bad. 55 and Salem street backups are getting worse and with Apex Peakway closed for the bridge the alternative routes are not great. Please stop approving more neighborhoods. It is making it hard for the rest of us who love Apex and want to enjoy living here. I don’t understand why we want to grow so fast. Most of the residents who live here don’t want the expansion so why is the town so focused on expansion versus quality of life for the residents who live here? You can protect Apex from this massive growth headache. When will enough be enough?
They will kill this place, all the while they are stuffing their pockets!! You can't tell me somebody isn't being paid under the table for this crap!!
Please slow down the approval of building and neighborhoods. The infrastructure, specifically roads and traffic are getting bad. 55 and Salem street backups are getting worse and with Apex Peakway closed for the bridge the alternative routes are not great. Please stop approving more neighborhoods. It is making it hard for the rest of us who love Apex and want to enjoy living here. I don’t understand why we want to grow so fast. Most of the residents who live here don’t want the expansion so why is the town so focused on expansion versus quality of life for the residents who live here? You can protect Apex from this massive growth headache. When will enough be enough?
That’s not what I’m saying. We were told that the water reclamation put a dryer in 2 yrs ago that was supposed to make it for 10 yrs. That dryer has lived its length of time unfortunately and already must be replaced. They don’t know if it’s because more people are working from home and more water might be used. My question I guess is with the continuous growth out this way will we have this issue with quality of dryers or are there better quality ones that will last so we don’t get the sewage smell when the winds blow from the south? I admit I know nothing on dryers for water treatment. But I assume just as things seem to be made today that it couldn’t live up to its quality of life. Many of us worry about our resale values due to the odor. And we just want to make sure that this will be resolved. So far since the mayor came and spoke there have been fewer issues and we hope it continues that way.
Ah, understood. Perhaps we interpret the term “capacity” differently: to me it’s a specific metric we track (and allocate out of) for daily number of gallons we can treat. Developments pay a fee to connect to the system and reserve capacity (and pay for future upgrades/expansions)
Okay yes. Definitely using the term differently. My apologies. Just concerned the dryer will conk out again in two years. But I assume with the open lines of communication now with the hot line maybe it will be radar for us. It was definitely a smelly situation.
The water treatment is already at capacity from my understanding. I reside in one of the neighborhoods in new hill being impacted by the continuous odor from the dryers that didn’t make the 10 yr evaluated time frame but lasted only 2 yrs. I attended the mayor’s town hall meeting on this recently in one of the neighborhoods.
I regret to tell you that you have been misinformed
I’d love to know how? This was explained to us by the mayor himself after talking to Cary.
Here is their latest report. We're not even close.
I'll say there are two numbers: first is actual daily treatment versus capacity. Here, it's not even close - well less than 50% of capacity.
There is also the scheduled capacity; which is what there exists today plus what has been "allocated" to future projects. Here, we are also not close (I don't see this number on the report). But by 2030 or 2035 we are projected to allocate the rest of the existing plants capacity - which sounds bad, and if nothing was done, development approvals would stop (but not constructing of previously approved developments; because their capacity was already allocated). But there always was scheduled a planned system expansion to address that - since the plant first came online. Once that project starts then new allocations would go out of the expanded capacity (and obviously they couldn't start using it until the expansion comes online, which isn't a problem at all and something they can plan for).
http://townofcary.uberflip.com/i/1525966-2024-wastewater-annual-report/3?
Okay thank you. This is helpful info. New Hill will continue to reach out on the hot line as we experience the odor as suggested. And hopefully it continues to be resolved. This is great information I can pass along to my community.
Capacity is managed closely, allocations are reserved on a per project basis, and an expansion is planned and well funded to be completed long before we are fully at capacity. We are not currently "at capacity" (if I understand that to mean you believe or have been told there is no more space for additional allocations - that is objectively not the case)
What happens to the yard waste? Is it composted, turned into mulch or just dumped in a landfill to create greenhouse gases? What company manages the processing of the waste?
Can we possibly see more commercial and jobs and businesses to Apex/New Hill? we have all of these town homes going up everywhere. But it would be nice to see some industry like the bio campus in Holly Springs to help lower taxes to the residents. Maybe a little less bedroom community here.
Also when will Big Branch Water Reclamation expand to keep up with the growth since it’s not able to at this time and communities in New Hill have had to put up with odor for 5 yrs now?
Veridea has a bio/tech campus planned. Part of the issue is we just don't have the available land that Holly Springs does; the existing undeveloped land is in "residential" areas. Holly Springs has former Duke Energy land. We basically just have the 55/64 corridors, and we have seen lots of commercial there lately.
The water treatment plant will be fine; plenty of room and budget for expansion, planned to be done well before the capacity is needed. No concerns about water, sewer, or electric infrastructure at all for the foreseeable future.
We need a place where we can dump clay, please.
YOU WOULDN'T BE RUNNING OUT OF DUMP SPACE IF YOU ZONE THIS PLACE, AND STOP ALL THIS BUILDING!! PERIOD!!! TIME TO MOVE, YOU AND CARY ARE KILLING THIS PLACE!! YOU WON'T BE HAPPY UNTIL IT LOOKS LIKE THE NORTHEAST, BUF, SYR, ROC, ETC... I AM SICK OF THIS CRAP!!
I mean, this is a yard waste dump, so the exact opposite of what you're saying, probably? I think the dump is running out of space because we've done such a good job at preserving greenspace and trees, that the dump is still needed for all the leaves etc that are being collected!
Think about what you just wrote. If you increase the population, the dumps respond accordingly. Know you guys love the tax revenue, and such. But, you are killing this place....