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JERE BRITTAIN: Current zoning ignores 100-year flood fallacy

A drone photo taken from the parking lot of the Pardee BlueMD clinic on N.C. 280 shows a built-up area made suitable for development. [PHOTO BY MARK LEET]

By JERE BRITTAIN, Published: August 10, 2023

I recently asked Mills River Town Manager Daniel Cobb about the transfer of hundreds of tons of soil from the ridge at the intersection of South Mills River Road and N.C. 280 to river bottom lands off Jeffress Road, reportedly to prepare for another housing development.

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