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Those enormous taxpayers costs are just the start. The cost of acquiring 138 acres of prime land by condemnation against determined opposition in the courts is both forbidding and unnecessary.
The effort to locate the fill in the midst of the highest-valued land in the county also seems difficult to justify. Rappahannock Revenue Commissioner Merle Scoggin reports that about 21 million dollars in assessed real estate would undergo a sharp drop in market values. All property owners would be called upon to make up the revenue loss.
A poll we have just done of revenue commissioners in nearby counties shows interesting results: The commissioners agree that locating a landfill in high-value land can be expected to have a massive impact on land values and revenues. But every neighboring county has avoided that disaster by locating its landfill in an area of low-value acreage, or in areas assessed at rockbottom under land-use plans.
If that is not enough, consider these factors: ■ ■-*"-* ■
1. It is a mistake to locate a land/" fill several miles down a'narrow, winding secondary road. In Culpeper County, the highest consideration was given to finding a site that was within one-half mile of a primary road. In Albemarle County, a landfill was located approximately nine miles down a secondary road. Several years later, the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County each had to put up $600,000 to purchase rights-of-way and improve the road.
2. Thought should be given to ultimate reuse potential for landfill property, to reduce the impact of the costs to the taxpayers. Many
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