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Public commenter urges clearer watershed accounting and cautions on connector roads, Hunting Creek access
Summary
Bob Estes, speaking during public comment, urged the commission to clarify Calvert County's contribution to impervious-surface increases in the Patuxent River watershed, questioned the purpose of several connector roads across sensitive wetlands and encouraged increased public access and awareness for Hunting Creek and Battle Creeks.
Bob Estes, representing Friends of Hunting Creek (per his remarks), praised the commission's attention to traffic and infrastructure issues and urged clearer accounting of Calvert County's contribution to increases in impervious surfaces in the Patuxent River watershed. He said a new impervious-surface report is available and offered to provide it to staff. Estes questioned the planning rationale for proposed connector roads that cross sensitive wetlands and asked commissioners to explain how those roads would improve circulation compared with their environmental cost.
He also urged the county to improve public access and awareness for Hunting Creek and Battle Creeks, saying firsthand exposure (kayak and canoe trips) helps residents understand what they could lose. Estes offered to lead tours and provide the report to the commission to inform revisions to the Town Centers draft.
