Growth Policy

Last Thursday I was at the Planning Board for the consideration of the Growth Policy Amendment. There were three speakers: myself, concerned about traffic; the attorney for Federal Realty supporting the amendment and offering a modification to the amendment; and a woman concerned that the Wshington Post picture failed to show the congestion on the Pike. What was most concerning to me was that neither the Planning Board staff, nor any of the three Planning Board members made any mention of Adequate Public Facilities or managing congestion. It was cleary stated by one Planning Board member that this change would make it easier for development to move faster. What a shame that approval of the White Flint Sector Plan has allowed our public officials to forget about managing traffic and about the existing communities who will be so adversely affected by unmanaged growth