Rockingham County is proposing that a Stormwater Control Authority be created in the area shown above in blue.
Learn more here.
The link above takes us to some great FAQ's, which explain that...
- This proposal is a result of the urban flooding that has occurred in these areas for several years, causing frequent property and structure damage. County staff has collaborated with engineering consultants and a citizen stormwater committee and they have concluded that the stormwater infrastructure in this area must be upgraded -- in both capacity and function.
- The first step in the potential creation of this Stormwater Control Authority is a public hearing that is scheduled for July 17th at 6:00 PM.
- You can use the GIS (turn on the "Lake Shenandoah Stormwater Control Authority" layer under "Hydrological Features") to see if your property is located in this area -- or access this list of affected properties.
- Fees would potentially be assessed to each property within this area, though what those fees would be as well as when and how they would be assessed has not yet been determined. (The public notice of the public hearing does reference that the preliminary estimate of capital costs would be $3,169,200.)
- Specific plans of what types of improvements to the stormwater infrastructure would be made, and where they would be made, has not yet been determined.
- For further reading, download the Lake Shenandoah Watershed Master Plan from November 2013.
This proposed Stormwater Control Authority would include all or part of the following areas:
- Barrington
- Briarcrest
- Bridlewood
- Chestnut Ridge
- Congers Creek
- Crescent Ridge
- Cullison Creek
- Hamlet Hill Estates
- Highland Park
- Kentshire Estates
- Lake Pointe
- Lake View Golf Course
- Lakewood Estates
- Massanetta Springs Conference Center
- Massanetta Springs Cottage Community
- Preston Lake
- Quarles Business Park
- Spring Oaks
- Sunnyside Retirement Community
- Taylor Grove I & II
- Taylor Spring
- Town and Country Landing
- Wellstone
Again, learn more about this proposal and process
here.
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