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The Corvallis City Council moved closer to approving one of the largest developments in the city in at least a decade. Councilors voted unanimously on Monday night to tentatively move forward with an annexation agreement for 118 acres of property near the 53rd Street roundabout. The decision, which still requires the council to approve formal findings at a future meeting, likely means housing â perhaps more than 1,000 units of it â will be built on the property. It would be the largest single development in Corvallis in at least a decade. In recent years the largest developments have been student housing, including the Retreat (approximately 1,000 bedrooms), Domain Corvallis (approximately 900 bedrooms) and the Sierra complex at Washington Yards (approximately 700 bedrooms). ....
Get in your car and take a drive to the corner of Southwest 53rd Street and Philomath Boulevard in Corvallis. Almost any direction you head from there will lead you to new housing, housing under construction or bare land that is proposed for housing. Neighbors have consistently expressed concerns for years as projects such as Sylvia (37 homes) and Ridgecrest (46 homes) have come forward, while the 118-acre Marys Annexation could add up to 2,000 homes (see map at right/be for the full list of projects). Traffic is a major concern, particularly on narrow West Hills Road. Neighbors also are worried about loss of open space, wetlands issues and the fact that the region needs a âspecific area planâ to guide development. They also think the streetlights are too bright. ....