Comments on: Blocked SSA tax halts flood-control improvements http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/03/03/blocked-ssa-tax-halts-flood-control-improvements/ The Rock River Times - THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1993 Thu, 16 May 2013 22:09:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Richard Kanak http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/03/03/blocked-ssa-tax-halts-flood-control-improvements/comment-page-1/#comment-665 Richard Kanak Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:41:57 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=23108#comment-665 As long as further development is allowed to progress even though it impacts existing property owners this scenario will be repeated as each new parcel of land is developed. Storm water drainage is a regional problem which cannot be resolved by local improvements and as the area surrounding the current area under discussion is further developed the problems will increase. Each phase of development without planning for storm water retention will only aggravate the current situation. Past decisions regarding development in the area in question now cause us all too pay for the remedies which must now be put in place. As long as further development is allowed to progress even though it impacts existing property owners this scenario will be repeated as each new parcel of land is developed.

Storm water drainage is a regional problem which cannot be resolved by local improvements and as the area surrounding the current area under discussion is further developed the problems will increase. Each phase of development without planning for storm water retention will only aggravate the current situation.

Past decisions regarding development in the area in question now cause us all too pay for the remedies which must now be put in place.

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