Here's another concern we have about the rezoning.
As you know the TPC Mitchell Pond is the preferred fishing ground for our Eagles Glen and Piper. Unfortunately thanks to NC DOT and the 485 Toll Lane Construction their food source has been under attack.
This is the Mitchell Pond in 2020
And this was 2022 in January
The result of unmitigated and uncontrolled runoff from the 485 Toll Project
And the source? An open culvert 4/10ths of a mile south surrounded by highway construction site work:
By January of 2023 we had slowed the flow and the pond started showing a slight improvement:
North Carolina Fish and Wildlife is aware of this concern.
Still the fact that this happened is troubling. It is frankly unimaginable that the largest, most regulated, inspected and monitored construction project in Southern Mecklenburg County history could for months spew uncontrolled hard surface runoff, unrestricted silt and mud into a 20 acre lake. This is a stunning failure of regulatory and municipal enforcement.
Our fear, is that given the massive size and scope of the Gillespie Rea Road Project and that the adjoining wetlands are less than 200 yards away, that this environmentally critical area will suffer the same or worse fate.
We continue to ask Charlotte City Council to deny the rezoning request, protecting the area's wildlife, preventing additional burdens to our infrastructure, including public safety, roads and our schools and to preserve the character of our neighborhood.
We hope you will consider signing our Petition and spread word about our Eagles and this property, the last remaining green space of this size inside the 485 beltway.
Read more about our Eagles Glen and Piper here: https://rearoadneighborhood.blogspot.com/
5 comments:
It is gravitationally impossible for water to go uphill. Please pick honest reasons for objecting to neighbors.
Hey 1:57 what planet to you live on? Maybe you're geographically challenged?
5:54 Unfortunately there are people in this world that think water only flows to the ocean. Or in this case southeast. 1:57's head would explode if you told them about the New River.
Pretty powerful statement. Screw up here and it nearly kills a lake a 1/2 mile away. That's Gubmet for ya.
I think very few people know about this or the risk to the Rea Road area.
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