Bixby city councilors rejected rezoning for a polarizing housing development on Sept. 22 while keeping the door open to reevaluate the plan in the future.

"Bixby Farms" plans more than 400 houses beside Sheridan Road between 141st and 151st streets, but many nearby residents contend the city is too strapped for resources and proper road infrastructure.

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"School overcrowding, poor conditions of Sheridan and 141st Street, the low water pressures at peak times of the day, and of course the ever-present bridge problem," Bixby resident Kent Torrance said during the public comment portion of the city council meeting. "These issues still exist."

"We ask you to vote how we ask you to vote. We elect you guys and you're

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