re: Mandeville City Council kills Port Marigny Development after 2 years

Appears that way to me. Plan had far too many people living in a confined space with limited routes in and out.

high density high rent housing is how these things make economic sense to the investors; it was never going to be viable without it. the cost to install the infrastructure (raise above flood elevation, utilities and sewer, the marina, etc) is significant...single family housing wasn't going to pay the bills, ever. and that's not counting the remediation that's already been done and is still yet to do

that property is prime location but hemmed in with a single access point on an already overburdened two lane residential road. i don't blame the surrounding residents a bit for being skeptical about the impact of this development but the marina sure would have been cool. unfortunately a beau chene type development wasn't going to make sense.

they needed the multi family and that's what killed it

They are all morons and rarely ever represent what the citizens want. Everyone from Mandeville wishes it could go back to pre-K levels. It is far more stressful now.

Instead, they decided to let developers clearcut hundreds of acres of Mandeville and put $100k houses everywhere. frick, even the Sanctuary went overboard. They were the first to start the whole process. That should've stopped at Cardinal Ln. People came to Mandeville to be away from the city, and enjoy the space and the scenery. Traffic is horrible, crap houses are being jammed in every space they can, and every single tree or blade of grass is getting moved down and covered with concrete to make shitty neighborhoods and shopping centers with chain stores

Mandeville does not need to become Metairie, but it has been becoming Metairie North since 05

My "neighborhood" has 26 lots and is surrounded by woods so I get what you are saying about clearing large tracts. It is in Covington though. As for apartments, they are a blueprint for becoming the westbank. There are a shite ton of them being built. Thanks Pat Brister!

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hanks Pat Brister!

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Yup, she didnt get her childrens museum or whatever when she wanted it so she went full retard.

It all about that dollar.

also of significance is the fact that the council appears to be at least partially justifying the denial based on concerns about developed elevation. While appropriate that solution would only be detailed after extensive and expensive engineering which is not done until the development is approved

it is not appropriate to require that to be done at the approval stage
no doubt this is a position taken upon advice of counsel but a municipality is either a facilitator or development or a hinderance in the general sense. my guess is that the owners had an expectation that is the project generally complied with mandevilles development requirements that it would be approved

I'd be pretty pissed if I were them