Brunswick County neighbors hear plans for possible new 90-acre development next to Shallotte river [Video]

SHALLOTTE, N.C. (WECT) – One of the fastest-growing counties in the state could soon grow even more.

Developers want to build 150 single-family homes on 91 acres near the Shallotte River. Many neighbors who already live there say rising waters won’t make that development easy.

At a neighborhood meeting Wednesday night, an engineer representing the developers answered questions from neighbors about the proposal. Many asked questions about how this project could potentially impact their environment, from cutting down trees to the risk of septic tanks leaking into the river and traffic congesting their roads and ruining their neighborhood’s peaceful atmosphere.

For 28 years, Terry Alston has lived on the Shallotte River on Fletcher Hewett Road. That road also happens to be at the edge of the proposed development project.

“It’s a lot of property on a very small space,” Allston said when asked about the size of the project.

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