Members of a West Knox County neighborhood say they don’t want to a proposed affordable housing development to come to the area.

The project is proposed in the Choto area around Northshore Drive.

The development, Choto Landing, will be a 56-unit townhome community providing quality and affordable housing for people who earn less than $70,000 a year.

Pete Horton lives in the area and says they believe new buildings will create traffic delays on an already crowded Northshore as well as flooding concerns and crowded schools.

People who would qualify to live in this new development wouldn’t normally be able to live in this area.

Dominion Group, the developers behind the project, say they believe this is a worthy cause and something they don’t mind standing up for and acknowledge that they know people are concerned and they welcome difficult conversations.