Walmart Update

A few days after the first Walmart site plan was circulated, another one showed up.  Apparently, we are not looking at just a regular Walmart, but a Walmart Supercenter!  Boy, what a deal! 

I think our neighborhood residents have pretty much accepted that we aren't going to be able to persuade Walmart not to build, but perhaps we can have an impact on a few of the design details.  We've started developing a list of concerns like: delivery trucks cutting through the neighborhood (well, cut through traffic in general), barrier issues between the residences & the Walmart property (fencing, trees, etc.), drainage/ flooding, lighting, security, noise from deliveries/ box crushing machines/ dumpsters being emptied/ etc., carts being left in the neighborhood, and probably one of our biggest concerns - traffic at the Wayside & Hwy. 45 feeder intersection.  Our preliminary list of concerns was shared with Council Member Rodriguez at this past week's super-neighborhood meeting.

Also, I believe a community meeting is being assembled for East End residents, Walmart reps, TxDot reps, City of Houston reps, etc. on the 23rd or 24th, so I should have more information after that meeting. 

For now, Jason and I can't get enough of our, "Hey we're out of _____.  Wow, wouldn't it be convenient if we had a Walmart next door?" jokes.