Get a more graphic
idea of what the development means - contact the CCAL for a
DVD with maps and audio
[ DVD
by Scott Tinker, PhD
( Director, Bureau
of Economic Geology,
State of Texas;
resident
of Third Lake, Arbutus]
Get a more graphic idea of what the development means - contact the CCAL for a DVD with maps and audio
[ DVD
by Scott Tinker, PhD
( Director, Bureau
of Economic Geology,
State of Texas;
resident
of Third Lake, Arbutus]
JUST HOW BAD
COULD IT BE?
just click on the pic, to see the
subdivision plan.
Think of a condo every 100 feet.
The following highlight the CCAL's key concerns:
In excess of 400 acres of undeveloped land on or adjacent to Arbutus Lake is being considered for a housing development. There are currently 227 homes proposed. (That's more than twice the current 100 homes along the entire lake.)
- Value and Usability: Ninety of the new homes are would be on a waterfront, a condo unit every 100 feet , much of which is unsuitable for waterfront development due to wetlands, 7 foot thick sediment , and very shallow waters which would not permit boat traffic into a dock.
- Environmental and Economics: Twenty four of the homes would back onto an active oil well, where there is some unclarified degree of ground contamination, along with possible contamination cost and liability for cleanup.
- Buyer's Caveat: Further, there is the issue of gas odor, noise, and tanker traffic throughout the development area.
- Safety and Liability: The seven-foot sedimentation is dangerously difficult for a swimmer to escape.
- Environmental: Much of the land is unsuitable for septic drain fields, thus increasing the risk of plumes of sewerage leaching into the waters of the lake.
- General Usability: Ninety more power boats on the lake will force a reduction of speed limits on the lake, thus taking away its all-sports designation. Smaller boats with limited horse-power, canoes, kayaks, and sailing vessels would be the norm.
- Environmental & Usability: Two thousand more vehicle trips a day will impact travel between Traverse City and areas south.
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