DCWA Advises Governor Of Concerns With Rocks Road Project
Dear Governor O’Malley,
The Deer Creek Watershed Association has been active in the conservation, protection, and enhancement of our watershed since 1967. Our members live, work, and recreate in the watershed and are concerned with land use decisions that will have an impact on Deer Creek and its surroundings.
We have reviewed the State Highway Administration’s Route 24 improvements that have been planned for Rocks State Park and would like to express the following concerns:
1) As Rocks State Park has important historic, aesthetic, recreational, environmental and cultural values, we would like to see those features preserved. We advocate minimizing tree removal, avoiding the blasting of geologic formations, and ensuring that water quality is preserved.
2) While widening of the roadbed was part of SHA’s original plan, we believe that the existing scale of the road is part of its charm, and reflects the rural nature of that part of our county. A meandering road, like a meandering stream Read the story
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