A Real Debate On Growth In Arizona

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: transport-policy listserv

26 May 2003 - 3:00am

Buckeye's recent vote to allow the largest subdivision in Arizona's history does nothing to settle questions about sprawl.

"The questions revolve not around 'growth' vs. 'no growth' but the complicated art of where to set the balance... The threat of hundreds of thousands of new houses should require the mother of all environmental-impact studies. Developers and residents should be taxed, with the money going to transit and center city projects. A Sonoran Desert Commission could regulate sprawl; that's how California kept its coast beautiful."

Full Story: Finally, we can have real debate on balanced growth for Arizona

Source: The Arizona Republic, May 25, 2003