Forest Village gas station

New Forest Hills resident and veteran who disputes the five-minute delay figures, and questions crime, foot traffic, road wear from trucks, and drainage impacts.

Follow-up speaker echoing concerns about cut-through traffic, speeding near children on bikes, andcrime from increased visitors.

Retired Navy, Forest Hills resident; asks who will own the gas station, argues residents value seclusion, and warns of crime, truck traffic, and fuel runoff.

Reads the Forest Hills HOA board letter raising possible notification failures, traffic on the one-road-in neighborhood, a second nearby gas station, and claims DOTD said a light is impossible there; also cites flooding that closed the neighborhood.

Asks whether an environmental impact study and SPCC plan for underground fuel tanks have been done, and questions tank placement near the gas pipeline and the neighborhood's single evacuation route.

Lives behind the site on High Point Place; asks about noise buffering (hedgerows/fences) and wants the unfinished retention pond completed so it stops dumping onto Highway 80.

Forest Hills resident since 2003; opposes the red light, arguing cars cresting the hill near Cook's Law Firm at 55-60 mph won't be able to stop safely at a queue.

Moved from South Carolina a year ago; flatly opposes the gas station and underground fuel tanks, calls the traffic manageable, and asks if the store will be open 24 hours.

Asks why another gas station is needed when one is already being built across the street.