Epps Bridge Centre Wetlands Destruction

As has been his supreme gift to our community in terms of letting us
know of our environment being pillaged by developers here in Oconee
County, Lee Becker once again sets the facts straight ignored by the
mainstream media. Here we will surely get what we do not need: more
cars, more traffic, more pollution, more destruction of our wetlands all
in the name of a few more stores. The Board of Commissioners can do
correctly here and insist on wetland mitigation here in Oconee and not
in Greene as a condition for this latest commercial over development.

Dear Friends,

The developer planning to build the $76 million shopping center on Epps
Bridge Parkway expects to mitigate the damage to wetlands and streams on
that site by restoring streams and wetlands in Greene County, but at
least two options now exist for mitigation here in Oconee County.

The Georgia Land Trust Service Center in Athens has been authorized to
accept fees to compensate for the damage to streams and wetlands on
development sites and use those monies to purchase and preserve
sensitive land in Oconee County.

In addition, a Watkinsville company has developed a mitigation site on
Rose Creek in southern Oconee County that has credits available for
purchase to mitigate stream and wetland damage.

See my blog (http://www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com/) for
details of these options.

The Board of Commissioners will take up the rezone request for the
shopping center at its Oct. 7 meeting.

Lee

--
Lee Becker

Blog: www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com

Web: http://lbbecker48.googlepages.com/

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