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Roswell Residents React to New Locations for Water Plant
Responding to public feedback, the city of Roswell proposed two new locations for a new water plant. In either scenario, the plant would still be in Waller Park, but would be separated from ball fields and houses.
Two new locations for a proposed water plant in Roswell were shown to the public Thursday night, June 14. After hearing public feedback from two open house meetings in March, the city of Roswell changed the proposed location. In either scenario, the plant and water tank would still be in Waller Park, but would no longer back up to houses on Meadowood Drive. Instead, the two potential locations are: (See maps in the attached PDF) Several residents said they liked the new locations better. “It’s a vast improvement over what they were going to do,” said Laura Wiggins, who has lived on Meadowood Drive for more than 20 years. “The original option was going to back up to our neighborhood and look horrendous.” She said she preferred a plan to …
Dan
5:29 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
Just seems to me that since we can't supply the whole city with water, it's not worth the cost and effort to be in the water business. But I suspect that there are LOTS of politics -- and pride -- at play here. more ›