I checked the latest revised Black Mountain Ranch Subarea Plan and didn’t find this information. I am really curious if a traffic study has been completed for this plan? With the new school, apartments, townhouses and a transit center under construction or planned for this area, in addition to the other schools already nearby, this is a highly congested traffic disaster area in the making. Not to mention the build outs planned for Del Sur and surrounding neighborhoods along with the other schools and community centers we already have in this area. We already have too many traffic stoplights on Camino Del Norte. I would like to see a traffic study/plan to show how the streets, stoplights and traffic flow will handle all of this traffic to minimize the impacts to the community and Camino Del Norte.

Not only that, the intent and spirit of the Black Mountain Ranch Subarea Plan is to be a “green” environmental friendly neighborhood that sold me to be a part of this Del Sur community. It seems that a Target store is a total departure from this vision… I think the community needs to re-evaluate what a big retailer or big box store like Target means for the traffic in this area. When I signed on to purchase a home in Del Sur, I envisioned an extension of the Flower Hill/Del Mar Highlands shopping centers over to this area – cute/little boutique stores, restaurants/bars, outdoor fireplaces and nice walking grounds within a walking distance for date night/family quality time for the Del Sur , 4S Ranch and Santaluz neighborhoods. We have a beautiful open night sky out here, a big box store will just add more unwanted light pollution. I hope there is still an opportunity for our community to voice our concerns for this plan in the works. With two large Target stores already within a short driving distance from 4S Ranch/Del Sur, don’t you think another Target will be one more too many for our area anyway?

I just learned that the Black Mountain Ranch community does not have their own Community Planning Team – we are represented by the RP Community Planning Team for San Diego County….???

EDIT: I meant this message to be in response to the following message:

“Black Mountain Ranch had major retailer planned since the plan was made public and voted on 15-20 years ago.
I don’t think there is much you can do about it now.

EDIT:
This is what the new shopping center is supposed to look like. Traditional big-box setup – large store surrounded by big parking lot and few shops on the perimeter.”