Alert: October 11th, Charles County Board of Appeals hears challenge to Guilford preliminary plan approval. 7 PM, County Govt. Bldg. The public is invited to observe and show support!
This project would not be permitted by the new comprehensive plan. It is a time-bomb for Bryans Road and western Charles County: it would burden Billingsley Road with 60% more traffic and further overcrowd schools. More on Guilford here.
Good news!! Mattawoman's future is looking brighter!
Over the last five years, thousands have voiced a desire to better protect Charles County's enviable natural areas by fixing the comprehensive land-use plan. And experts said this was the "last opportunity" to assure Mattawoman's health in the face of polluted runoff from unchecked growth.
On July 12, 2016, in a historic decision, Charles County Commissioners Peter Murphy, Ken Robinson and Amanda Stewart let it be known they had heard. This majority of elected officials adopted a visionary comprehensive plan! The plan steers the county away from the past policies of a quarter century that brought Mattawoman Creek to the tipping point for irretrievable loss from so much poorly placed growth.
This project would not be permitted by the new comprehensive plan. It is a time-bomb for Bryans Road and western Charles County: it would burden Billingsley Road with 60% more traffic and further overcrowd schools. More on Guilford here.
Good news!! Mattawoman's future is looking brighter!
Over the last five years, thousands have voiced a desire to better protect Charles County's enviable natural areas by fixing the comprehensive land-use plan. And experts said this was the "last opportunity" to assure Mattawoman's health in the face of polluted runoff from unchecked growth.
On July 12, 2016, in a historic decision, Charles County Commissioners Peter Murphy, Ken Robinson and Amanda Stewart let it be known they had heard. This majority of elected officials adopted a visionary comprehensive plan! The plan steers the county away from the past policies of a quarter century that brought Mattawoman Creek to the tipping point for irretrievable loss from so much poorly placed growth.
Why do so many care so deeply about conserving special waters like the Mattawoman? If you've been there you know. If not, you may want to check out these 3-minute testimonials from a scientist and from an avid bass angler delivered at two different public hearings on the "comp plan."
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| EventsChesapeake Watershed Forum Shepherdstown, West Virginia Sept. 30-Oct 2 Sponsored by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. MWS will be assisting 1000 Friends of Maryland in presenting "Planning to Protect Environmental Assets." Registration is closed.  October 11, 7 PM Charles County Government Bldg This huge subdivision would increase traffic on Billingsley Road by 60%. Yet the analysis of adequate public facilities was very inadequate when the Planning Commission approved a preliminary subdivision plan. Other aspects of the approval process are also being challenged. |
