Here are some of the issues facing Potomac:
- The proposed mid-river intake which will damage the C&O Canal National Historic Park as well as the Potomac River, leaving Watts Branch stream to continue pouring silted water into the River and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay. A so-called solution that creates furthers an environmental problem.
- The Glen Hills Sewer Study which has already exceeded the parameters of the Potomac Master Plan recommendations and will likely set a precedent for sewer where we never intended.
- The 20-acre Brickyard School site is still a deep concern since the Board of Education has indicated no interest in protecting the resource of 30 year old organic soil and by considering it as a replacement for Potomac Elementary, the Board of Education ignores the lack of road infrastructure on Brickyard (which is fully in place on River Road for the existing site) and that Brickyard site is an inappropriate location within the school district it would serve.
- The new Zoning Code rewrite may bring some unwanted surprises.
- Most people don't realize it but Potomac Village sits on headwaters of Rock Run stream. Loss of tree canopy in the Village (which should serve as a model for the environmental precepts of our Master Plan) is a contributor to degrading Rock Run. This is especially noticeable in the two older shopping centers fronting River Road. People have been telling me they are dismayed to see how few trees are shading parking lots and lining roads through Potomac Village.