Group fighting Wal-Mart superstore
Group fighting Wal-Mart superstore
Miami Twp. residents say the retail behemoth's plan to build near I-675 would increase flooding in the area.
By Steve Bennish
Staff Writer
Monday, April 09, 2007
MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County — A new Wal-Mart Supercenter near the Dayton Mall, which would replace an older Wal-Mart store on Springboro Pike, seemed a sure thing.
But a challenge from a local citizens group has the project on hold.
The citizens, who have hired a Cincinnati attorney to fight the project before the state's Environmental Review Appeals Commission, argue that the superstore could increase storm water runoff and flooding in the residential area north of Ohio 725.
They argue that the Ohio EPA should not have awarded the corporate retail giant a special permit to fill in .9 acres of wetlands and turn 2,750 feet of three unnamed tributaries to Holes Creek into a culvert.
The proposed 184,000-square-foot store and its 1,000-vehicle parking lot — to be wedged between Kingsridge Drive and I-675 — would occupy the last undeveloped parcel near the Dayton Mall and in an area packed with retailers and restaurants.
The independent three-member commission appointed by Ohio's governor can overturn or modify the OEPA permit. No date has been set by the commission for an administrative hearing, which could then be followed by a decision.
Any decision the commission makes can ultimately be appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court.
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-7407 or
sbennish@DaytonDailyNews.com.
Copyright ©2007 Cox Ohio Publishing, Dayton, Ohio, USA. All rights reserved.
Miami Twp. residents say the retail behemoth's plan to build near I-675 would increase flooding in the area.
By Steve Bennish
Staff Writer
Monday, April 09, 2007
MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County — A new Wal-Mart Supercenter near the Dayton Mall, which would replace an older Wal-Mart store on Springboro Pike, seemed a sure thing.
But a challenge from a local citizens group has the project on hold.
The citizens, who have hired a Cincinnati attorney to fight the project before the state's Environmental Review Appeals Commission, argue that the superstore could increase storm water runoff and flooding in the residential area north of Ohio 725.
They argue that the Ohio EPA should not have awarded the corporate retail giant a special permit to fill in .9 acres of wetlands and turn 2,750 feet of three unnamed tributaries to Holes Creek into a culvert.
The proposed 184,000-square-foot store and its 1,000-vehicle parking lot — to be wedged between Kingsridge Drive and I-675 — would occupy the last undeveloped parcel near the Dayton Mall and in an area packed with retailers and restaurants.
The independent three-member commission appointed by Ohio's governor can overturn or modify the OEPA permit. No date has been set by the commission for an administrative hearing, which could then be followed by a decision.
Any decision the commission makes can ultimately be appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court.
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-7407 or
sbennish@DaytonDailyNews.com.
Copyright ©2007 Cox Ohio Publishing, Dayton, Ohio, USA. All rights reserved.
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