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Lewes City Council Approves Controversial Housing Development

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The Lewes City Council approved a residential development that includes 34 single-family homes on 18-acres of land.

It’s a wooded area known as “The 4th Street Forest”.

WBOC reports that the conditions for the development range from a walkway from Highland Heights to Highland Acres and a contribution to the city of $10-thousand to plant trees to regulations on the style of the houses.

But it drew opposition from a local group called Save a Lewes Legacy.

Last night a large crowd watched the council approve the development on a 4-to-1 vote.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.
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