What are some of the problems in controlling growth in Triangle?
The Virginia Supreme Court has overturned a 1998 decision by the Board of County Supervisors that would have limited the number of new homes that could be constructed in the Triangle area. As your representative, I initiated the down zoning action because of the lack of adequate infrastructure to accommodate the potential growth on almost 500 acres of land between the Thomasson’s Crossing and Graham Park Shores communities. It was, and remains, the prudent thing to do! This ruling by the Supreme Court overturns a decision by the Circuit Court that supported the Board following the Judge’s actual walking of the area to see that the land could not support the anticipated sprawl. The Supreme Court case was initiated by the Turner family from Maryland who owns the preponderance of the land in question. They have enjoyed low tax agricultural assessments for many years. Their attorney, John Foote, was quoted in the March 3, 2002 edition of the Washington Post as saying “As you might imagine,
