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news updatesThe proposed Merriam Mountains project has gained a considerable amount of media attention and opposition over the past few years. Below are only some of the news articles from local San Diego newspapers that demonstrate widespread public opposition to the Merriam Mountains project.
Merriam Mountains a planning disasterNorth County Times: Letter to the Editor - September 19, 2009I am shocked that the developers of the Merriam Mountains project have proposed to build 2,700 new houses in an area that is zoned for only 64 homes in the draft General Plan Update. This project is more than 40 times larger than what is permitted to be in that area. MORE>
REGION: Proposed development's fire evacuation ability questionedNorth County Times - September 10, 2009Area firefighters say they are worried about how residents would escape the proposed Merriam Mountains development if it's ever threatened by a rapidly spreading wildfire. MORE>
Shelter in Place Unsafe OptionCBS National News - September 6, 2009As the L.A. wildfires are finally being contained, some fire officials are supporting an idea that could allow people to remain in their homes during wildfires. Ben Tracy has more on 'shelter in place'. MORE>
Group forms to fight Merriam Mountains projectNorth County Times - September 5, 2009A coalition of residents has formed to fight the 2,700-home Merriam Mountains project proposed for west of Interstate 15 between Fallbrook and Escondido. MORE>
MERCURIO: Battle of Merriam MountainNorth County Times - September 2, 2009San Pasqual may lay claim to being the site of the largest battle ever fought in California. But on the other side of Escondido the newest big battle is looming: Merriam Mountain. MORE>
Merriam Mountains flawed, misleadingNorth County Times: Letter to the Editor - August 28, 2009When I received my flashy Merriam Mountains Community News, I had to read between the lines. I suppose the developer is betting on us North County folks being bad at math. Try again, guys. I had no problem calculating the project's 35,000 daily traffic trips. MORE>
Fire code changes; County fire code move disappointing; and Leave fire safety in professionals' handsNorth County Times: Letter to the Editor - August 20, 2009The county Board of Supervisors made a disastrous decision this week when they stripped local fire agencies of their authority over the fire safety of new projects in the county. MORE>
Fire code changes threaten safetyNorth County Times: Letter to the Editor - August 14, 2009On Aug. 5, the county Board of Supervisors approved amendments to the county fire code and public facility element that threaten the community's safety. While the action taken may seem a matter of semantics, it actually is a matter of life and death. MORE>
TRAGESER: Art of spin hits new highNorth County Times - August 9, 2009If politics is the art of the possible, then perhaps public relations is merely the art of the plausible. That, at least, would explain the recent mailer sent out by the developer proposing a 2,700-home community for the avocado groves of the Deer Springs area north of Escondido. MORE>
FORUM: County should let experts retain fire safety authorityNorth County Times - August 5, 2009As county firefighters prepare to head into the thick of the 2009 fire season, the county Board of Supervisors is about to vote on a proposal that threatens the fire safety of future generations. Submitted by the county Department of Planning and Land Use, it would strip fire districts of the approval authority they now hold over proposed land-use projects' Fire Protection Plans. MORE>
Merriam Mountains project is flawedNorth County Times: Letters to the Editor - June 18, 2009The article "Foes of Merriam Mountains focus on traffic with recent mailer," June 9, highlighted only a few of the major problems with the project. Among the most significant are fire hazards and traffic; however, what about the impact on our environment? MORE>
Reject Merriam Mountains project; and Spa won't survive project's constructionNorth County Times: Letters to the Editor - June 17, 2009I am writing in response to the June 9 article, "Foes of Merriam Mountains focus on traffic with recent mailer." As an employee of a business located near the proposed Merriam Mountains project, I too am significantly concerned with the negative traffic impacts expressed in the Citizens Against Stonegate Traffic flyer. MORE>
Merriam Mountains project will destroy spaNorth County Times: Letters to the Editor - June 16, 2009I have worked for the Golden Door Spa for more than 27 years. My job provides me a unique opportunity to help our guests find inner peace and improve their health. Our environment here in the nearly vacant canyon lands of North County allows our visitors the quiet, rest and relaxation they come to the Door to achieve. MORE>
Merriam Mountains analysis inaccurateNorth County Times: Letters to the Editor - June 15, 2009According to the Merriam Mountains Environmental Impact Report, several of the project's traffic impacts were measured assuming that planned improvements are in place. However, they are not and the project's traffic analysis is inaccurate. MORE>
Amazingly, a hotel will probably come out of all thisNorth County Times - June 10, 2009When I come across any sort of tricky finance -and who doesn't? - I know at the outset that I am in over my head. To save face, I am tempted to add, "and who isn't?," but I know better. There are people who grasp the complexities of finance with no trouble whatsoever, as if it were a simple game of Johnny On The Pony. MORE>
SAN MARCOS: Foes of Merriam Mountains focus on traffic with recent mailerNorth County Times - June 8, 2009Local residents who oppose the idea of allowing a developer to build thousands of homes in the hills along the west side of Interstate 15 north of Escondido have taken aim at the amount of traffic the proposed "Merriam Mountains" development would generate. MORE>
Peaks no place for 2,700 homesNorth County Times - May 6, 2009Escondido and San Marcos drivers, and all those who travel on Interstate 15 or Highway 78, wake up! San Diego County supervisors will dump more than 10,000 car trips a day onto these highways when the Merriam Mountains Specific Plan/Stonegate Development is completed. MORE>
Merriam Mountains project making progress, still irking opponentsNorth County Times - May 2, 2009BONSALL ---- A massive housing development proposed for the west side of Interstate 15 between Fallbrook and Escondido appears to be moving forward again, as opponents last week had their last chance to comment on the project's environmental impact report. MORE>
Housing project in hot seat againSan Diego Union - March 19, 2009The public will again have a chance to weigh in on a controversial housing development proposed for Merriam Mountains just north of Escondido. MORE>
Merriam Mountains impact report outNorth County Times - September 7, 2007DEER SPRINGS -- Building 2,700 homes and a shopping center northwest of Deer Springs Road and Interstate 15 north of both Escondido and San Marcos would transform the rugged area and increase traffic as far away as Sycamore Avenue in Vista, a draft environmental report from county planners says. MORE>
Residents challenge housing project: Wildfire concerns dominate meetingSan Diego Union - January 26, 2007TWIN OAKS VALLEY - Opponents of a proposed housing project along Interstate 15 angrily confronted the developer at a community meeting, but little was resolved. MORE> The following are additional links to various organizations throughout the County that have expressed opposition to the Merriam Mountains project:
Click here to view the Merriam Mountains Re-circulated Environmental Impact Report on the County's Web site. |
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