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Kincora
website
County staff report
Summary
of outstanding issues (PDF)
Prepared by the Piedmont Environmental Council
Braddock Village:
860 New Houses on Land Zoned for 66 Houses
Ask
the Board of Supervisors to
say NO to Braddock Village,
because it doesn't conform with our county's growth plan
and would put the Transition Area at risk. This
proposal for 860 new houses on land currently zoned for
only 66 houses would be south
of Braddock Road, west of Route 659 relocated, and east
of Lightridge Road.
The
Planning Commission recommended denial of Braddock Village
in March 2007.
Our concerns
include:
- The
Board of Supervisors said no to the Dulles South/Transition
Area CPAM, and now they should say no this rezoning
application.The
proposal is in the same area of the CPAM, which would
have allowed up to 33,800 new houses in an area with
no jobs and little infrastructure.
- The
proposal does not match the vision for this area set forth
by our Comprehensive Plan.
- Approval
of this proposal would set a dangerous precedent for the
Transition Area. It would open the whole
Transition Area to suburban development.
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Information
County
Staff Report (Word doc)
Summary and Impact
chart (pdf)
Prepared by the Piedmont Environmental Council, with excerpts
from the County Staff Report
Arcola
Center:
Can Rt 50 Handle It?
Tell
the Board of Supervisors to say NO to
Arcola Center, a proposal for a town center
and 1,194 new houses near the intersection of Route 50 and
Gum Spring Road. The land is currently
zoned for commercial and industrial uses, not new houses.
Can
Route 50 handle the traffic from 1,194
new houses and a town center that will draw customers from
around the region?
Our concerns
include:
- Traffic! The
transportation impacts have not been adequately addressed,
and Route 50 is already overwhelmed with traffic. Remember
VDOT's
study predicting gridlock?
- Along
Route 50, there are about 11,000 new houses in the pipeline,
and 2.8
million square feet of retail space built and
approved but not yet built.
- The
developer has not adequately addressed environmental concerns. County staff has asked for better protections
for the streams on site.
- This
project is being rushed through the process. The
Board of Supervisors doesn't have to make a decision until
February 2008.
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Information
County
Staff Report (pdf, may take a minute to load)
Arcola
Center website
Summary
of the proposal (pdf)
Prepared by
the Piedmont Environmental Council, with excerpts from the County
Staff Report
Ridgewater Park:
A Threat to Ashburn's Drinking Water
Ask
the Board of Supervisors to
say NO to
Ridgewater Park, a proposal for 996 new houses
in an area currently planned for only 38 houses. The increase
in density is almost 25 times what's currently allowed, and on
land that protects Ashburn's drinking water source. This
land is off the Greenway west of Goose Greek, between Ashburn
and Leesburg in the Transition Area.
The
Board of Supervisors voted to keep the existing growth plan
for this area, and this proposal is clearly
far beyond what the plan for calls for. See this
chart for a comparison of the impacts.
Tell
our elected officials to:
- Say NO
to Ridgewater Park
- Save taxpayers
millions of dollars in capital and operating costs
- Prevent
thousands more daily car trips (not including commercial traffic!)
on the Greenway, Route 7, and local roads in Leesburg and Ashburn
- Protect
Ashburn's drinking water
- Protect
our Comprehensive Plan
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Our
Drinking Water Quality at Risk
The drinking water for Ashburn and City of Fairfax would
be negatively impacted by this development. The proposed development
for 996 houses directly impacts the drinking water supply in the
Goose Creek reservoir.
County
staff previously told the Planning Commission that our
drinking water is at risk, because there is no chance for toxic
chemicals, bacteria, and other pollutants to be diluted before
they go right into the water intake.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Perring,
Coalition for Smarter Growth
On behalf of the Campaign for Loudoun's Future
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