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TJ aka Teej
02-27-2004, 18:29
Trail Loses Alpine Rose Case Again; ATC Stays on It
Monroe County (Pennsylvania) Judge Ronald Vican again ignored the arguments of the Appalachian Trail Conference and the Blue Mountain Preservation Association and approved the Eldred township supervisors' granting of a conditional, initial permit for a 330-acre driving course for high-end sports cars and associated resort facilities below the Appalachian Trail near Smith Gap. Last year, after ATC appealed the supervisors' first decision, Vican sent the matter back to the township on unrelated grounds. The supervisors responded to those, ATC again appealed, and Vican ruled for the developer again February 18. The following evening, the Eldred planning commission agreed to review the Alpine Rose developer's final plans despite a number of procedural deficiencies. An ATC appeal of Vican's original ruling will now go forward before the Commonwealth Court, and both organizations and supporting volunteers are continuing to seek at the local level ways to mitigate the effects of the noisy development. Background information on this issue is available at appalachiantrail.org/trailnews/ and at the Blue Mountain Preservation website : http://www.bluemtpreservation.org/