This picture is a perfect depiction of the sober truth behind development: Developing farmland necessitates expensive, new infrastructure. This is a story told across the nation, but in this region we can learn to direct the growth to areas that are already equipped with drainage, electric, gas and sewage utilities.
The current economy may have stalled this particular development (there is a silver lining) but you can already see the huge concrete tunnel pieces like this one preparing the area for drainage. Currently, the grass and dirt is creating a system of water drainage (and filter), but when the area is developed there will be a huge need for water management as water flows off of the blacktop and concrete. The people living in the new houses will send their children to schools that will need to be built and the roads in the development will need to be maintained. In other words .. it's expensive to start from scratch, but the costs are often hidden.
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