Scottsboro residents voice concerns over neighborhood rezoning proposal [Video]

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (WHNT) — The potential rezoning of a neighborhood in Jackson County to make way for a new development has people in Scottsboro worried.

Residents got the opportunity to voice their concerns letting city leaders know how they felt at a meeting Monday night.

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If city leaders vote in favor of rezoning the Stonebridge community, people in Scottsboro say it will drastically change a neighborhood many have enjoyed living in for decades.

The rezoning would enable a 150-high-density single-family housing development to be built. Many of them made it clear that they strongly oppose this possibility.

Safety worries related to more traffic congestion, a decrease in their property values, and water drainage issues are all among the laundry list of concerns.

Some added how their area sees heavy flooding when it rains and the new homes they …