Blackwater Properties is proposing a housing development on and
above the steep land overlooking the Cheat Lake Park and Trail. It is
located
above the third backwater, Manning Run, near the Gate to the South
Trail.
The land extends behind this backwater and comes essentially down
to the Trail just south of the Gate.
We need to evaluate the attachment and respond to the Army Corps of
Engineers as to whether a Public Hearing is need regarding the possible
subsidence, siltation, and debris that may be created. The movement of
dirt, the fills and the sediment will all be issues to be controlled.
Whether will be impacts to the Park and Trail, is not known at this
time...
[Another issue that will come up later is the storm water and waste
water that may ultimately encroach from the site into Manning Run, the Manning
Backwater, and the Cheat Lake itself.]
See the attachment, from the Army Corps of
Engineers.