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Media Advisory
Campaign for Loudoun's Future


For Immediate Release:
October 2, 2006

For more information
Andrea McGimsey (703) 726-0646

New TV Ad on Traffic Impacts of Proposed 33,000 Houses

The Campaign for Loudoun’s Future launched a television ad yesterday, days before the final public hearing on a proposal to add 33,000 houses to the County’s growth plan. This proposal would be more than a 700% increase in the existing growth plan for this central part of Loudoun County, just west of South Riding and just south of Ashburn. The current growth plan recommends 4,608 houses in this area.

The ad, airing hundreds of times on major channels such as CNN and Fox, focuses on one of the most critical impacts of this proposed massive growth increase: hundreds of thousands of more cars on the roads. The Virginia Department of Transportation did an analysis of the impact of this major change to Loudoun’s growth plan earlier this year and warned local officials that the proposal would create gridlock not only in southeastern Loudoun but in neighboring Fairfax and Prince William counties as well. VDOT is in the process of updating the study as their dire predictions didn’t take into account the full 33,000 additional homes now proposed, but rather a smaller amount.

Residents from across the County are strongly opposed to such major changes to Loudoun’s growth plan that will create traffic gridlock and require billions of dollars of infrastructure. Community opposition has been strong since these proposals were unveiled a few years ago and has only grown.

The public hearing before the County Board of Supervisors is currently scheduled as item #12, for the October 10th general public hearing that begins at 6:30 pm.

See a copy of the ad on Google Video

For more information about the public hearing and proposals for over 33,000 new houses, go to: http://loudounsfuture.org/_emails/2006.09.27.html

Direct link to ad at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8031767505919743491&pr=goog-sl

 

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