via a petition launched<\/a> last month that has garnered almost 900 signatures. Residents say the development\u2019s location will increase the chances of serious car crashes.<\/p>\n\u201cWe know that intersection and that curve well, and it\u2019s already stressful pulling out onto 1097,\u201d said Sarah Gwin, who started the petition. \u201cIf, God forbid, someone is seriously injured or killed in an accident because adequate traffic measures haven\u2019t been addressed and now 300+ additional residents are trying to enter and exit Pearson Road, who\u2019s going to be responsible?\u201d<\/p>\n
Gwin, whose family owns property on Pearson Road, said growth is expected in the area but said safety concerns need to be addressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think you have to be an engineer to look at that road and realize it wasn\u2019t built to handle that kind of traffic,\u201d Gwin said. \u201cIt seems inevitable that accidents are going to increase and lives are in jeopardy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Precinct 2 Commissioner Robert Walker said he is aware of the community but said the county has no concerns about how it is being developed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have met all the criteria for the county,\u201d Walker said. \u201cThe county is growing. It\u2019s everywhere. We can\u2019t stop any of that.\u201d<\/p>\n
James Taylor, managing director and chief operating officer\u00a0for Gated Rentals, said his company is filling the need for affordable housing with what he called \u201cquiet, clean, calm\u201d communities.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a mission to support working-class Americans,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cThese are small, efficient, affordable homes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taylor said the homes are about 400 square feet with one bedroom and one bath. The homes are factory-manufactured and then placed in the community. Each community is gated, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are permanently placed,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cWe are providing homes for people who already live and work in those areas.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Taylor said while safety is always a concern, the company works closely with state officials, such as the Texas Department of Transportation, on road improvements near Gated Rentals communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dirt work for the project is underway and the project is expected to be completed in about 12 months, weather permitting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new high-density residential development is raising concerns among residents in Montgomery\u00a0but county officials say the project is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[41346,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-358821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-conroecp","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}