(March 31, 2016) The March 24 agenda of an Ocean Pines Board of Directors meeting hinted that the community could be moving closer to an agreement with developer Palmer Gillis on traffic improvements related to the new Delmarva Health Pavilion.
That facility, anchored by Peninsula Regional Medical Center and offering both primary care and specialty medical services, opened on Oct. 28 on Racetrack Road near the north gate entrance of the Pines.
Almost immediately thereafter, residents raised concerns about the traffic patterns the center generated, as it allowed only right turns in and out, causing some southbound motorists to find creative solutions. Among these was making U-turns in the Ocean Pines community.
Gillis met with the OPA board and a number of homeowners in on Feb. 5, and asked for feedback on an alternate access route running onto Ocean Parkway.
No official decision was made during that session, but public reaction was almost universally negative.
During the March 24 closed session, people involved said Gillis requested, in writing, a formal decision on access to Ocean Parkway. The directors are expected to deny that.
Several board members have said publically they consider this a state highway issue and doesn’t involve Ocean Pines.
Gillis also spoke with state officials on March 24, although a solution does not appear to be imminent on that end, either.
Reached for comment, Gillis said, by email, “there are a lot of moving parts,” adding, “there’s nothing I can talk about right now.”
That facility, anchored by Peninsula Regional Medical Center and offering both primary care and specialty medical services, opened on Oct. 28 on Racetrack Road near the north gate entrance of the Pines.
Almost immediately thereafter, residents raised concerns about the traffic patterns the center generated, as it allowed only right turns in and out, causing some southbound motorists to find creative solutions. Among these was making U-turns in the Ocean Pines community.
Gillis met with the OPA board and a number of homeowners in on Feb. 5, and asked for feedback on an alternate access route running onto Ocean Parkway.
No official decision was made during that session, but public reaction was almost universally negative.
During the March 24 closed session, people involved said Gillis requested, in writing, a formal decision on access to Ocean Parkway. The directors are expected to deny that.
Several board members have said publically they consider this a state highway issue and doesn’t involve Ocean Pines.
Gillis also spoke with state officials on March 24, although a solution does not appear to be imminent on that end, either.
Reached for comment, Gillis said, by email, “there are a lot of moving parts,” adding, “there’s nothing I can talk about right now.”