Stormwater Improvement Bond Passes
Huntington residents lobbied strongly for the passage of a $30 million bond to fund flooding prevention.
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Fairfax County voters passed the $30 million stormwater bond referendum that will pay to build a levee and pumping station to protect the Huntington neighborhood from flooding.
Less than two weeks ago, residents in Huntington were evacuated as Hurricane (later turned Superstorm Sandy) blew over the region.
Final unofficial results from the Virginia State Board of Elections showed 76.7 of voters across Fairfax County supported the referendum. At the Huntington precinct 607 specifically, 89.4 percent of voters supported it.
Fairfax County Storm Drainage Improvement Bond
| Precinct | Yes | No |
|
402 CAMERON – Cameron Elementary |
582 | 132 |
| 405 GROVETON – Groveton Elementary |
934 | 168 |
| 408 MOUNT EAGLE – Mount Eagle Elementary |
-- | -- |
| 424 HUNTLEY – Groveton Elementary |
1,437 | 335 |
| 429 HYBLA VALLEY – Hybla Valley Elementary |
1,793 | 261 |
|
601 BELLE HAVEN – West Potomac H.S. |
1,028 | 328 |
| 602 BELLE VIEW – Belle View Elementary |
1,232 | 286 |
|
604 BUCKNELL – Bryant Center |
1,925 | 351 |
| 607 HUNTINGTON - Fair Haven Community Center |
1,964 | 232 |
|
609 MARLAN – Paul Spring Retirement Community |
1,056 | 324 |
| 621 GROSVENOR – Huntington Community Center |
1,240 | 161 |
Note: Mount Eagle has not reported results to the Virginia State Board of Elections.
Bob Sacamano
8:49 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
What a great idea to encourage people to live in a flood plain- what could possibly go wrong?
Martin Tillett
11:46 am on Sunday, November 11, 2012
It wasn't always a flood plain. Development elsewhere in Alexandria, Arlington and in other areas of Fairfax has led to moving the flood plain lines into the neighborhood. Problem lies with local planning commissions approving development in areas that impact the Cameron Run watershed without taking into account the big picture. Development proposals are examined and decided upon individually and in isolation rather than collectively. Heaven forbid that planning commissions from all 3 jurisdictions would ever talk with one another regarding development along shared tributaries. The flood plain issue is an unintended consequence of development run amok without a proper and comprehensive review of the impact of development on storm water runoff. Bad policy and decisions by local government boards resulting in taxpayer bailout through bonds to correct problems that with good governance could have been avoided.