[bystander1]

Originally Posted by thoraudio

I know, Wal-mart = the devil... yadayadayada.

The Ann St. area (along with High St.) has been a low - moderate income area for a while, being bypassed by retail by growth in the 50's-60's. South of I-85 Ann Street turns into Zelda Rd, which is the closest thing Montgomery has to a dense, property scarce, development area. Zelda Rd. has several shops, restaurants, etc... punctuated by a new Publix and Starbucks.

The Wal-mart is going on the Ann St side, but is further establishing this area as Montgomery's 'mid-town', with continued development thats not in the core, but not in the far reaches either.

This area will also have Montgomery's worst traffic by far

Ann Street @ I-85 will be nothing less than absolutely horrible. There's no room under the I-85 overpass for already-much-needed dual turn lanes for both the North and Southbound on-ramps to I-85. It'll be scary to see how that works out...