Increases cost and time for repairing electric transmission and distribution lines. Increases costs for electric transmission lines. Increases cost for residential, commercial and industrial electric distribution lines. Increases need for electric distribution substations to maintain reliable supply. Increases delivery costs for home fuel suppliers of oil and propane.
Increases cost for new road construction and maintenance.
Decreases ability for natural gas to reach sprawled residential areas. Think how far away you are from work, stores, doctors, schools, family and friends. In addition to the EPA Regional Administrator, Maine's Governor, Director of State Planning, and Commissioner of Transportation, speakers came from the National Growth Management Leadership Program and Maryland Office of Planning. Some of the more interesting facts were about how sprawl increases state government costs, school construction, school busing, road construction, state police coverage, air and water pollution control, growth management, and rural infrastructure. Habitats for wildlife have been seriously fragmented, particularly for bobcat, owls, hawks, certain songbirds.