Brentwood commissioners still undecided on controversial Bridle Gate project, delay vote

The Brentwood Planning Commission has postponed a decision on the controversial Bridle Gate housing development following public testimony that was mostly opposed to the project as currently proposed.

With chairperson Anita Roberts absent, vice chair David Sparling and commissioners Dirk Zeigler, Rod Flohr and Kristopher Brand all agreed at the commission’s Sept. 5 meeting that a traffic impact study from 2017 included with the application was not sufficient to gauge the true reality of adding 272 homes near an area already congested with cars to and from Heritage High and Adams Middle schools. They questioned how emergency vehicles would navigate the congestion.