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Neighbors urge caution on Craver Ranch: water, traffic and fiscal burdens top concerns
Summary
Dozens of residents and property owners addressed the commission in opposition to the Craver Ranch applications, raising groundwater depletion, congestion on FM 428 and Sherman Drive, wildlife corridor disruption and long-term city maintenance costs as reasons to delay or deny the proposals.
During a multi-hour public comment period, more than a dozen neighbors and stakeholders urged the commission to delay or reject the Craver Ranch applications. Commenters repeatedly cited three themes: water supply and well impacts, existing and projected traffic/capacity on FM 428, Sherman Drive and Loop 288, and the fiscal burden of long-term infrastructure maintenance.
Several speakers who live adjacent to the site described falling well levels and warned that adding thousands of homes would strain local aquifers. Winter Anderson told the commission, “The aquifers are significantly low. Deeper, bigger wells are not the solution,” and urged the developer and city to consider engineered wetlands and stronger reuse measures. Other speakers — including representatives of neighborhood associations — warned the project represents leapfrog development that contradicts the Denton 2040 plan’s emphasis on contiguous, fiscally sustainable growth. Commissioners heard requests for additional study and for clearer commitments on off-site road funding and long-term maintenance plans.
