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Planning delusions
FROM CULPEPER TO RESTON, from Berryville to Gainesville, from the Rappahannock to the Potomac, various public officials and members of the public were heard last week lamenting something which also caused us distress—the realization that basic land use planning decisions are being taken out of local hands. Much has been said and written about the various “growth control” measures enacted by various progressive local governments in the past few years—from Loudoun’s “Article 12” to Fauquier’s Capital Improvements Program,” and various master plans and zoning amendments in between —but the fact remains that the most important land use planning decisions are already being made at the regional and state level in Virginia. The two most influential land use decisions, of course, are those involving sewer systems and highways. All the rest of the planning and zoning apparatus is as nothing compared to the effect of sewer systems and highways. Thus, Loudoun county is being confronted with some regional sewer schemes that would make a mockery of the county’s official goal of maintaining and enhancing a rural environment. The same goes for grandiose highway projects concocted by the state’s engineers, which would slash through now rural sections of both Loudoun and Fauquier.
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