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Residents urge Rockbridge County to halt golf-course work after sediment and chemical contamination reported in Woods Creek
Summary
Multiple residents told the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 12 that runoff from the new Lexington-area golf course has carried repeated sediment and, they say, chemical contamination into Woods Creek and downstream into the Maury River watershed; residents asked the board to require engineering controls, release private well test results and consider stopping work until remediation is in place.
Residents and water experts pressed the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 12 to take immediate action after three recent episodes of heavy sediment runoff from construction at the new Lexington-area golf course.
"I just urge you when ... a special exception permit comes before you in the future, please value the natural resources as much as you value what that special interest group is coming for," said Gretchen Sucow, a Lexington resident who said she emailed photos of muddy creek conditions to the board.
Neighbors described repeated mud flows into Woods Creek during ordinary rain events. "We have photographs that show how on three separate occasions, Woods Creek ran totally muddy below the golf…
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