Delaware and Maryland residents upset over the planned Aston Pointe development project just over the state line in Fair Hill, Md., packed into the Cecil County Administration Building last week to make their opposition known and ask pointed questions to county officials.
“Why aren’t you looking out for us first? Why are you prioritizing a subdivision and a developer over the protections that need to be there for people like us?” said Judy Jordan, who lives in the nearby Highlands community of Fair Hill. “Why is it considered to be a benefit to your constituents to lose farmland, to lose open space, to lose protections for wildlife, to have increased traffic, to have all of these kinds of impacts? Why is that viewed by the county as being a positive thing for us, who are already here and already paying taxes?”
Aston Pointe is slated for a nearly 400-acre property bounded by Appleton Road, Route 273 and Jackson Hall School Road. A portion is located on the south side of Jackson Hall School Road as well…