WHITE MARSH, Md. — People who live in a busy area of Baltimore County will have a chance to learn more about a proposal to develop a large apartment building next to White Marsh Mall.
Neighbors who would be impacted are concerned the development could cause excess traffic and school overcrowding
County officials will be at a Wednesday meeting to reveal details on the project, which would place a 516 unit apartment building next to the White Marsh Mall near the old Sears store.
If zoning is approved the apartment building could could bring 1,000 new neighborhood residents.
The four-story residential building would contain a mix of everything from studio apartments to three-bedroom units.
At a meeting last November, neighbors said they had no knowledge of the proposal and were upset about the lack of notice they received.
The area surrounding the mall already experiences a good amount of traffic and they fear an influx of hundreds of families will not only cause more traffic problems but overcrowded classrooms.
South Perry Hall Blvd Improvement Association president Peggy Winchester was one of those who voiced concern during that November meeting.
"If you try to get on Honeygo Boulevard after 4 you can wait half-an-hour to go five blocks. If you have somebody going into high school, they have to go to a school that's 110% overcrowded," said Winchester. "And besides that, you have another development that has already started to build Bridges at White Marsh which had one of another over 500 apartments going in.”
Wednesday’s public meeting will be held virtually via Webex.
There's no public input allowed at the meeting, however anyone interested in attending can join online or by phone.
