Joe Coladarci, High Rock Lake, N.C.
♦ Specifically this is about the Grand Plan to bring water & sewer to the I-85 corridor. As some of you will remember I ran in the primary for one of the three seats now filled by Klusman, Edds and Greene, recently referred to as the KEG. I was sorry to learn today that Chairman Edds and his fellow KEGers (Klusman and Greene) have no interest in pursuing water and sewer services for the I-85 corridor.
Some of the facts I have learned today:
Our state rep. Carl Ford and legislative delegation have agreed to sponsor a bill in the State House to create an MUA district for Rowan County. But Chairman Edds and the rest of the Commissioners must formally ask for his help. To date Chairman Edds has not moved forward.
The previous Commissioners instituted a study which lays out the costs and steps to put this vital growth plan into motion. It estimates that the Northern section of the plan would cost $20,000,000. It also explains Federal Funding exists for this project that would spread the payments out for 40 years. At the present low interest rates this kind of payment works out to about $600,000 a year and ultimately it will be paid by the industries using the water and sewer system. Remember these new commissioners (Klusman, Edds, and Greene) promised us jobs and economic growth for the Whole County.
I also learned today the folks below Route 150 are stalled with a 400 home subdivision which would include not only homes, but retail business (Sales Tax). Remember that retail is presently leaking over the border to Cabarrus County coffers. It is estimated that 50% of Rowans population lives south of Route 150 yet the KEGers don’t seem to care that without Sewer & Water the lower half of Rowan County can’t grow. The additional $20,000,000 to implement this project would be paid in the same manner as the Northern area.
The widening of I-85 is imminent, yet without the investment in our County’s future all the widening will do is make it easier for industry and growth to pass Rowan County by.
I ask my fellow County residents to call Commissioners Klusman, Edds, and Greene and ask them to keep their campaign promises. Without real longterm planning our County will be left behind.
