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potential buyers are afraid of a possible large-scale connector road and development. I don’t see Miller’s plan for low-income housing boosting the economy of Sperryville. This type of project would further depress the value and demand for existing homes and property.
Also, there are many small undeveloped parcels of land spread out over this county. If the county defines low-income housing as a need, which they haven’t, why not give real estate tax breaks to owners who build small homes and rent them or sell them.
Also, why are we putting the cart before the horse? The county should develop a plan for Sperryville which is not dictated by VDOT. VDOT has been working with the land owner, not the county on this study. By allowing this study to continue we are relinquishing control of our county’s future.
There are many residents who live on or near U.S. 522 who are concerned about the Sperryville connector study and with good reason. The editor’s comment that “far into the 21st century VDOT will have calls on its funds that preclude four-laning U.S. 522”. I would like to know how the editor has such knowledge. At a time of fiscal constraint in the past, the state could afford spending millions of taxpayer dollars to widen U.S. 211 which many saw as unnecessary and overkill.
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