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Historical-Fig t1_iwccfbr wrote

Reply to comment by dalhectar in Surf’s up for Chesterfield’s The Lake - Virginia Business by Charlesinrichmond

It feels like a classic example of the sunken cost fallacy… if they just keep pouring more money into the area, it’ll revitalize and legitimize the SportsQuest investment. On the other hand, if they go all out with this investment, maybe people will stop talking about their foolish SportsQuest decision. I think my biggest issue with this whole thing is the county and the developer are the only entities that benefits from this new development. We as citizens won’t see a single benefit. It’s not like they’re going to lower our taxes with the addition of the new tax revenue (which I read everyone, with the exception of the housing developers, will be getting an 80% tax break) and we’re not going to see any infrastructure improvements, just more traffic. It’s starting to feel like the NoVa transplants want to recreate what they escaped the past few years.

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Historical-Fig t1_iwcah3b wrote

Reply to comment by memorex00 in Surf’s up for Chesterfield’s The Lake - Virginia Business by Charlesinrichmond

That’s kind of why I don’t know enough about it… first; it really doesn’t matter what I think, it’ll happen or not happen regardless of my thoughts on the matter and second; I haven’t seen anything actually confirming it’s even going to happen other than rumors here on Reddit. As far as a timeline of completion, I think 5 years is ambitious for any roadwork in C’field… I remember when they widened Courthouse rd… that took 10 years and was a fairly straightforward expansion… can you imagine how long they’ll take with a brand new major highway. I’d say the 288 extension wasn’t too bad but that was only like 5 miles of road they were responsible for, plus the added pressure from the other counties to meet the deadlines.

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Historical-Fig t1_iwc0a31 wrote

Reply to comment by Ear_Enthusiast in Surf’s up for Chesterfield’s The Lake - Virginia Business by Charlesinrichmond

I don’t know enough about the proposed Powhite North yet to make an informed decision yet but my initial reaction is that, in theory anyway, it should help alleviate some of the heavy Hull st traffic from 288 down to Magnolia Green but time will tell. That being said, I used to live in Amelia and as they started building west and putting in new stop lights, I’d joke that it takes me 30 mins just to get to where it takes me 30 mins to get into town. Progress… what can you do.

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Historical-Fig t1_iwbbtrs wrote

Reply to Surf’s up for Chesterfield’s The Lake - Virginia Business by Charlesinrichmond

Yea… I live right down the street and I’m not thrilled with the complete lack of infrastructure upgrades happening in the area around this 105 acre site. They want everyone to come enjoy this new “attraction” yet have failed to plan for what happens if people actually do. On another note, sadly we’re getting a Sheetz, it’s currently under construction across street from this development, I was really hoping for a Wawa. Oh and on a third note… it’s not at all sketchy that one of the C’field board members who voted for the development also received a $2500 campaign contribution from the developer

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