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County Unswayed by Developer's Plea; Supervisors Seek to Stop Construction That Damaged Pond in Triangle
Nikita Stewart , Washington Post; April 17 2005
Prince William County filed an injunction last week to halt construction of a 291-home development in Dumfries because of the developer's failure to control sediment runoff and erosion that neighbors say damaged a pond and causes flooding during heavy rains.

Prince William Charges Builder Over Muddy Pond [Stonewall Manor]
Nikita Stewart, Washington Post, April 8 2005
Prince William has charged Edgemoore Homes with 50 environmental violations, most for failure to control sediment runoff anderosion. During rainstorms, debris and dirt can be seen trickling down a hill and into the pond, which then overflows and floods streets in the area just a short distance from Quantico Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River . … Edgemoore's conduct has been unusual, [Acting County Attorney] Howard said. "Normally, we do not have that number of violations, and normally, we do not have them recurring without prompt action," he said.

This residential development project is located in Graham Park Shores, with an entrance off Cabin Road at Kerril Drive. The development site is east of Route 1 and near the estuarine area of Quantico Creek, along Cabin Run. The natural, pre-development landscape was forested with steep slopes and marine clay soils.

This development site includes one of the properties involved in the Moncure/Wall/Turner downzoning in Dumfries. Prince William County lost this legal dispute when the Virginia Supreme Court found the County's action constituted a piecemeal downzoning and ruled that the property owners were entitled to develop their property as permitted by the County's 1991 zoning ordinance. Click here to read the Virginia Supreme Court Opinion.