🚧 Will construction and operations tear up our roads or add traffic?

There are two different phases to think about: construction and ongoing operation.

• Operations are typically low-traffic. Once running, data centers and battery facilities employ relatively few people and generate little day-to-day vehicle traffic compared with retail or housing.
• Construction is the heavier phase. Building these facilities involves trucks and equipment for a limited period.

What the City can require / commit to:

• Designated haul routes that avoid residential streets where possible.
• A road-maintenance / damage agreement so the developer — not taxpayers — repairs construction-related road wear.
• Traffic management during the construction window.

Under Section 15 of the draft ordinance, an applicant must submit a construction traffic-management plan (truck routes, hours, road protection), and the operator is responsible for repairing extraordinary road damage caused by construction. The specific access roads and any road-maintenance agreement would be identified during the review of an actual project.