A Dead-End Idea

A homeowner in my area wanted to open a seasonal “wedding tent” venue on their acreage. They would only operate on summer weekends, and they would limit the number of guests (“only 100”), but they hoped to open a second tent on their property if the first one went well.

BUT… it was on a dead-end road, with only eight to ten other houses on it. The volume of traffic on summer weekends would go up astronomically.

Also, the dead-end road emptied onto a road that was a different dead-end with a golf course at the end (a T intersection), which was already generating a lot of traffic in the summer months.

Finally, the most-used road from the golf course and the proposed wedding venue also has a death toll — ironically, because it is long, straight, and not that busy after dark.

Long story short, neighbours banded together to oppose this, raised money, and hired a lawyer, and the county council denied the application.