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Neighbors urge Goochland County to delay Virginia Sports Park shooting-range permit over noise, lead and traffic concerns
Summary
Residents near Walton Road told the Goochland County Planning Commission they fear the proposed Virginia Sports Park range would generate hazardous noise, increase traffic and introduce lead into wetlands; speakers urged deferral until a formal noise study, revised traffic analysis and an EPA-certified lead management plan are provided.
Katrina Dalton and scores of neighbors urged the Goochland County Planning Commission to defer consideration of a conditional use permit for Virginia Sports Park (VSP), saying the proposed 85-acre shooting and archery range on Walton Road would create hazardous noise, add traffic and risk lead contamination of nearby wetlands.
"I ask that you reject this proposed application outright or at least defer consideration until a formal sound study and other data is acquired," Katrina Dalton said, noting her home sits about 510 yards from the nearest proposed shooting station and that she and other neighbors will "have to wear hearing protection while on [their] own property" if the project proceeds as designed. Dalton asked that any sound study be conducted by a licensed engineer, include live-fire demonstrations at every proposed station and measure decibels at neighbors' property lines.
Speakers repeatedly questioned…
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