Arlington pumps brakes on driver’s testing facility
“We’ve passed items before with conditions on them, but there were too many to blindly pass without having the applicant at the meeting for discussion,” Arlington mayor and Planning Commission member Mike Wissman said. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Arlington voted down a new state Department of Safety project until the applicant can address several issues with the plan.
The rejection of the driver’s testing facility by the town’s Planning Commission on Tuesday, Feb. 18, came after no one representing the project attended the meeting. With no one to address the concerns, the commission voted against recommending a site plan to the suburb’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
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Michael Waddell
Michael Waddell is a native Memphian with more than 20 years of professional writing and editorial experience, working most recently with The Daily News and High Ground News.
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