The Planning Commission & The Ponto EIR

by The Editors on August 31, 2007

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Carlsbad’s anti-development forces will likely shift back into high gear as the Planning Commission meets next Wednesday to discuss the environmental impact report on what’s called The Ponto Beachfront Village Vison Plan.

The plan envisions 180 hotel rooms and 126 time-share condo units in a resort overlooking Batiquitos Lagoon; a 215-room Hilton at Poinsettia Lane and Carlsbad Boulevard; and a third 269-room hotel on Ponto Drive where the storage units stand.. . The plan also proposes 128 attached condominium units in a mixed-use project on Carlsbad Boulevard north of Avenida Encinas.. . . Interspersed would be shops, restaurants and a wetland interpretive park all linked by a trail, and a pedestrian underpass to South Carlsbad State Beach.

Wow, Carlsbad’s stretch of Coast Highway could look just like Newport Beach’s. Joy.

[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]

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BduB August 31, 2007 at 10:01 am

Another great community soon to be ruined by its greedy council…

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