The landscape of the Lake Norman area of Charlotte, NC will be forever changed when they start on this new mixed-use development in Cornelius, NC. If you have not visited the Lake Norman area you really should. The beauty of the Lake and the well planned out Birkdale Village gives people just enough to want to come back for more.
I believe Augustalee will only add to the wonderful lifestyle we already have. Not to mention the much needed road improvements we so desperately need. I have included this recent article from The Charlotte Weekly to keep you up to date on the recent development.
North Mecklenburg residents want roads, and they might finally get them. The developer that wants to build Augustalee, a 2.4-million-square-foot, mixeduse development in Cornelius, is ready to put up most of the money to build them. That means millions of dollars in critical road improvements will likely be completed sometime in the next four years.
In a key vote last week, the Mecklenburg-Union Metropolitan Planning Organization agreed to modify its thoroughfare plan and Transportation Improvement Plan to include $90 million in road improvements to be built and funded upfront by developer Cornelius Bromont.
It's arguably the most significant vote taken on the path to secure approvals necessary to build Augustalee, since the Town of Cornelius approved rezoning for the project a year ago. At a special meeting, MUMPO members almost unanimously supported modifying the local thoroughfare plan to include a new interchange on Interstate 77 at mile 27 and the realignment of Bailey Road, which will be extended west at Jim Cooke Road and cross I-77 as a flyover bridge.
