Do we want more development?

Keep paving the forest and the farms then wonder why there are floods.


PLAINS TWP. — Plans to improve access to Interstate 81 from State Route 115 were met with mixed reviews Tuesday when the latest plans were unveiled....The current plan has been scaled back considerably from the original proposal. The original plan was to build a connector road that would run from Route 115 to Highland Park Boulevard, through the Seven Tubs Nature Area and Earth Conservancy land. White said that proposal was eliminated because of cost and environmental concerns. Earth Conservancy Executive Director Mike Dziak said even though the previous proposal would have cost at least $36 million, it would have opened up hundreds of acres of mine-scarred land for development.....County Commissioner Steve Urban is in favor of the current plan because it leaves the tubs area alone and costs half as much as the previous proposal.“I’m happy with this proposal,” he said. Urban was not concerned about lost development opportunities.

The area that is under discussion is a couple of mountains covered in trees that is hard to get to. Leave it to the bears, deer and other animals. People will just ruin it.