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Local Voices: What’s with all those bulldozers?

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Area homeowners discuss the impact of new industrial development on their West Valley communities.

So, it’s been announced that the Red Bull distribution center being built on Peoria (was supposed to be 750,000 square feet) is now being expanded by another 700,000 square feet … do you feel the drawbacks of it being near your homes outweigh the jobs? — Ruth Bavin

Can’t wait!

Not happy at all. Love bulldozers 24 hours a day. Can’t wait till they open and the tractor trailers go 24 hours. City of Glendale [is unfortunately] selling land next to residential when there is plenty of open land away from homes. Surprise was well aware of this. — Pamela Bruggeman Wells

Raw land

They are turning this into an industrial town with all the raw land around us. With that comes the commercial distribution traffic. — Ruby Perez Arias

Move on

This is a good thing. More jobs and more making the area be an industrial powerhouse by bringing in these extra-large facilities. Excellent for the economy. If you don’t like it, move. — Hector Mejia

Too trafficky

I feel like anyone needing to get anything done in a timely manner will have issues because those roads will probably stay pretty busy with all the traffic it will create from employees and transport trucks. I worked on the 303 and there it’s a lot easier because the 303 can offset a lot of traffic, but there it’s just one lane on each street and the 4-way stop so it’s probably going to be backed up a lot. — Alaina Tokyo

No other choice

It’s about the only thing that can be built and will be built over there due to the population restrictions near Luke AFB ... homes would of never gone there anyhow. — Nate-Heather Everingham

More good

Well, hopefully city of Glendale will widen Reems. As for jobs, more jobs are always good; but these are low-skilled, lower-middle income-jobs. — Stevo Jets

New frontier

The “New Frontier corridor,” as Glendale calls it, is said to employ more than 21K people within three years. Surprise has little or no involvement because all this is happening south of Peoria Road. Would guess many of these people will live in Surprise, though. — Anthony Presutto

Mixed up

Interesting that growth management is a foreign language. Housing developments pop up all through the Valley with no concern for in-filling or the spread of roads and utilities. Wherever these warehouses are built, they are near some development. Or they will be in a couple of years. Light industrial and heavy industrial are mixed with housing all around us. — Dennis Brounstein

Movin’ out

I don’t mind all of the industrial buildings going in along the 303. That just means more people moving to Surprise, so hopefully I can sell my house easier when I want to leave! — Mario Rana

Devalued

Typically, homes around industrial areas, railroad tracks and water (rivers, streams) are considered lower income, lower rent. So maybe it will devalue homes. — Melissa Rice