More Medical Park

From the Star-News:

"A controversial proposal to build a new hospital and medical park along U.S. 17 near the Pender County line will be back before the New Hanover County Commissioners Monday evening.

SENCA Properties, a corporation formed by a group of nearly 100 local doctors, wants to rezone roughly 50 acres of a 250-acre tract for a New Hanover Regional Medical Center hospital and an office/retail complex.

But the proposal has generated opposition from residents, worried that the project's traffic would overwhelm local streets and stormwater runoff would degrade nearby waterways, some of which are already under conservation easements. "