The Talbot County Council elected last night not to pass a resolution that would have required the Lakeside development in Trappe to meet Enhanced Nutrient Removal standards (ENR) for its first 120 homes to be built for the project. This was amendment #1 to R313 and was rejected in a 3-2 vote. Those units will be connected to the current Trappe water treatment plant while the developer constructs its own treatment facility. At previous meetings, environmental advocates had expressed concerns that the existing Trappe facility may not be able to maintain water quality during this transition period.
With Council Members Callahan, Divilio, and Pack voting against the measure, the vote should allow the Trappe development to receive the last pending permit required for discharges from the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) and, therefore, may start construction.
The Spy offers this edited version of the Council meeting last night.
This video is approximately 28 minutes in length.
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