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HARFORD COUNTY VOLUNTEER
FIRE & EMS ASSOCIATION, INC.
343C Granary Road
Forest Hill, Maryland 21050
410-638-4700
D.A.C. Meeting Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022
D.A.C. Project Title: Mitchell Property Development – Preliminary
Mitchell Property Development - Site
Mitchell Property Development – Preliminary: No Comments
Mitchell Property Development – Site:
All five (5) warehouses and the one (1) Retail/Service building will require Knox Key
Boxes. Please contact Bill Snyder at wrsnyder@HarfordCountyPublicSafety.org to
order box and identify box installation locations.
Building #1 & Building #2 shall have their addresses and business names clearly
marked to identify their locations from both entrance points from Canning House Rd.
Any trail system on the property shall-be constructed to allow a pick-up truck sized
vehicle to access.
**The above bullet-ed statements are the only comments on the this project directly
related to the plans presented**
Both the Department of Emergency Services and Aberdeen Fire Department have
concerns about the overall road infrastructure in the Perryman area.
3094@bavfc.org
Contact Information: Bill Snyder, 410-808-1347;
Currently, tractor-trailers traveling to/from this site use Perryman Road and Rt.7 as
the sole, main arteries to this area. Emergency apparatus also uses this access to
Perryman area. There are also secondary access points from Mitchell Lane and
Spetsutia Road but these create additional travel times. A secondary means of
entry/exit to this area would reduce response times, and allow for secondary
emergency access in case one of these roads is blocked. In fact, at a DAC Meeting
dated 12/17/2014, I personally stated that a secondary entrance/exit point be
constructed from Rt.715 to Woodley Rd to both relieve traffic back-ups, and to allow
emergency apparatus a secondary mean of access to the Perryman area. Currently,
this has not been completed and this project will further increase the traffic hazards
and congestion in this area even more if there are not other road infrastructure
improvements to this area.
There is an additional project in the planning stages, by the City of Aberdeen, to add
an additional 750,000sq feet of warehouses in the 1100blk of Rt.7. The Aberdeen Fire
Department identifies that on Rt.7 between Rt.715 and Perryman Rd-circle, that
tractor-trailers line-up along the side of the road waiting to enter the weigh-stations.
This causes back-ups, traveling hazards, and increased response times. At this time, it
is our stance that the City of Aberdeen, Harford County Government, State Highways,
and developers work together to upgrade the overall road infrastructure in this area
before any additional large, commercial complexes are built.
Harford County Department of Emergency Services and Aberdeen Fire Department
have also met with community-representatives who have expressed their concerns
about this project. We were presented with a map they have titled “Option-A”. Both
Emergency Services and the Aberdeen Fire Department would support such an option
as presented to us.
3094@bavfc.org
Contact Information: Bill Snyder, 410-808-1347;
We do not feel that the community’s safety is “compromised” but obviously, there is an
increased chance of “bad things” happening simply because there is nothing there now but
an open field.
Emergency response times increase just as a citizen’s travel times increase whenever there is
added buildings and general population. So yes, there will be increased response times, but
to what degree I cannot say.
Forest Green Rd & Clubhouse Rd @ Deep Spring Branch are prone to flooding. These 2 roads are 2/3
of the choices for the community to reach their homes. This also shows the need for increase road
infrastructure.
3094@bavfc.org
Contact Information: Bill Snyder, 410-808-1347;