Loudoun and Prince William officials were once equally frustrated. Getting more companies to locate in a community is a daily assignment for local officials, elected or appointed.
Someone has to pay for new schools and other infrastructure in a growing community.
The voters recognized that the transportation headaches are directly related to land use. However, their patience is still untested. 40 years of zoning for growth have left the fringe counties with an excessive number of lots where landowners have the right to build new houses, especially townhomes. Revising Comprehensive Plans will not change the number of lots already approved for new housing. Such approvals do not expire.