Cape Charles Mirror Report
by Wayne Creed
As the County and its citizens continue to grapple over the possible repercussions of the proposed zoning changes, which include chicken houses, planned unit developments, setback limits and the possible nullification of the Bay Act along the seaside, the 2003 report, “Northampton County Sensitive Natural Resource Areas Report and Recommendations”, stands in stark contrast to current plans, and in some ways, indicates that rather than moving forward towards a better Northampton, we are in many ways going backwards. In the late 1990’s, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Commission proposed a significant reduction in tolls which many felt would, through influx and density, put increased pressure on our natural resources like our sole source aquifer, destruction of farmland and open space–to increase density by building developments, would also increase the levels of congestion—in a nutshell, more development may put a more money in a few folks pockets, but it would forever adversely affect Northampton’s rural quality of life as well as do harm to our fundamental economic base.
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