If there was ever a column in the Cape Gazette that was not based on reality, Ron MacArthur’s “Shh! Don't Let anyone else know" fits that description. Seriously, has he driven down Route 1 between Milton and Dewey Beach in the last few years? Or has he tried to spend time on the beaches including those areas that require a special license plate for surf fishing?
The Sussex Planning & Zoning Commission never met a developer they didn't like. The proliferation of new developments ... some are so tightly designed you can reach out and touch your neighbor's house. Or the so-called preservation of trees and green areas, which are minimal so the developer can build more houses. There was one development proposed that would have leveled every tree, but neighboring communities bitterly complained, which they should have.
Here is a new flash: That ship sailed a long time ago, and the overbuilding affects the environment as well as the many two-lane roads in Sussex County, which were not designed for the increase in traffic, schools, hospitals. Paradise lost would be a more accurate phrase. DelDOT is also complicit for not keeping to its mission of sound transportation policy, seemingly bending to the will of the developers who promise so many amenities to attract buyers, building a glut of housing options and could not care less about sustainability as long as the developer's bottom line continues to increase.
Note: Letter to editor "County could be poster child for development" by Jeff Stone.
Here are examples of developments to be built:
Governors - 423 single-family houses
Twin Masts - 249 single-family houses
Osprey Point - 217 single-family houses
Black Oak - 127 single-family houses
Hilltop Apartments - 31 four-story condo buildings
Wil King Station - 58 lots
Leeward Chase - 106 multifamily units
Village Center Cottages - 240 units
Baywood Gardens - 514 apartments in 13 four-story buildings
Keastone Bay - 651 single-family houses
Chappell Farm - 128 apartments
Scarlet Oaks - 163 units
Suncrest - 36 lots
Cool Spring - 950 single-family houses, 300 apartments, 750 townhouses
Four Winds - 336 single-family houses
Brentwood, formerly Coral Lakes - 304 units
The Granary - 1,350 units.
Again, when is enough enough?
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