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Residents clash with county on stream restorations and stormwater financing during CIP hearing
Summary
Citizens and environmental advocates debated the merits and financing of stream-restoration projects and stormwater retrofits, with one group calling for shifting funds from engineered stream restorations to out-of-stream controls and others defending use of water-quality funds to avoid bond interest.
Local advocates used the public hearing to contest how Montgomery County funds stormwater and stream-restoration work, pressing the council to reconsider both methods and financing.
Kenneth Bauer of the Coalition to Stop Stream Destruction urged the council to transfer funding away from engineered stream restorations and toward non-destructive out-of-stream stormwater controls such as…
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