Charles County – Page 8 – The Lagasse Report

County’s aging stormwater system faces climate change stresses

On August 16, 2020July 10, 2022 By TLREditor

Although the Charles County government has been working aggressively in recent years to upgrade the county’s stormwater drainage network, its aging infrastructure is straining under the combined loads of increasingly severe weather and the construction of ever more acres of impervious surface. As the county commissioners consider legislation that would

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Can Charles County’s water resources keep pace with development?

On August 9, 2020July 10, 2022 By TLREditor

When the Board of Charles County Commissioners return from their summer break, they will be considering legislation that will accelerate the approval of development projects that have been stuck in the pipeline for years, and in some cases for decades. That plus the greenlighting of large marquee projects like the

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Changes to school allocations unveiled as public review begins

On July 26, 2020July 10, 2022 By TLREditor

UPDATE: The Charles County Planning Commission has announced that it will be holding a virtual public hearing on the proposed legislation and changes to the Adequate Public Facilities Manual on August 17, 2020 at 6:00 pm. A Charles County Government press release issued on July 28 said “[t]he purpose of

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Commissioners greenlight Waldorf Station development agreement

On July 19, 2020July 10, 2022 By TLREditor

Earlier this month, the Board of Charles County Commissioners voted to approve a 31-page agreement between the county and developer Greenberg Gibbons Commercial that lays out the terms for what has been called the biggest development project in the county in the past 40 years. The 140-acre Waldorf Station mixed-use

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Amazon picks Charles County for new local delivery warehouse

On July 11, 2020July 10, 2022 By TLREditor

UPDATE: On Monday evening, June 21, the Charles County Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the initial site development plan for the warehouse property being eyed as the site of the new Amazon regional delivery center, following a lengthy discussion during which several commissioners expressed concern about the suddenness and