It appears Greensboro is planning to extend water and sewer service to the town of Pleasant Garden.
One of the wins listed for Greensboro for the 2023 session of the state legislature was $5.5 million for water and wastewater improvements for the town of Pleasant Garden. In the presentation on the legislative session, there was no explanation of why water and sewer improvements for Pleasant Garden was listed as a win for Greensboro.
But since Pleasant Garden does not provide water and sewer service for its residents, those water and sewer improvements are being proposed so that Greensboro can provide water and sewer service to commercial and industrial users in the town of Pleasant Garden.
The Greensboro City Council is scheduled to consider the proposed interlocal agreement at the Tuesday, Nov. 21 meeting.
According to that agreement, the state and Guilford County will be paying the cost estimated at $11 million. The proposed agreement states, “the Town has received, or is planning to receive financial support by the State of North Carolina and Guilford County in an amount anticipated to be $11 Million.” Since the state allocation, according to the City of Greensboro, was $5.5 million, that would mean Guilford County would be paying the other $5.5 million. The agreement doesn’t indicate the party responsible for paying the additional cost if the project runs over $11 million estimate.
City Councilmember Zack Matheny expressed concern over the lack of information provided to the City Council about this proposed agreement.
In response to an email informing city councilmembers that the Pleasant Garden Town Council would be meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 2 to consider the proposed agreement, Matheny responded, “I have to say, I am a little confused regarding this email. I have not received a copy of the interlocal agreement of what the city is considering to agree to.”
Matheny added, “I would think the Greensboro City Council needs to have an official briefing on this topic before it would be considered by Pleasant Garden. What is the background on Pleasant Garden’s relationship to the water authority?”
The Pleasant Garden Town Council special meeting on Nov. 2 to consider the proposed agreement was canceled and members of the Pleasant Garden Town Council have not received copies of the proposed agreement either.
I wonder what the residents of PG think about that. Are there enough businesses to even justify the expense? Greensboro seems determined to wreak small town living all around it.
Duh we don’t support small towns that’s Forsyth they are useless!
Look up the word “ useless “ in the dictionary and you will find
big big city
Ah…. the ineffable joy of being forced to drink smelly chlorinated water – and being shaken down to pay for it (whether you want it or not).
Austin,
The waterline will be running down PG Road only in order to allow us to establish and improve our business district. We are still a incorporated entity and will still have self determination and follow the wants and desires of our citizens (unlike an entity near us).
We are currently selecting folks for the Pleasant Garden Future Land Use Plan Update Steering Committee for updating our current plan.
We’ve been trying to get water for our business district for years but were basically told if we were unincorporated we could get it (hint, hint), which would have allowed annexation.
So long as no coercion of citizens is involved, I’m good.
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My previous house was just outside Greensboro City Limits, the subdivision had a community well that worked fine ($30/quarter), but we were forced to hook up to Greensboro water & sewer service. The water smelled like a swimming pool and the bills stank too. My last bill was $75.00 – for ONE MONTH. Outside city limits they’d bill you monthly rather than quarterly. What a shake down. What a rip-off.
If the Mafia gained monopoly control of an essential commodity, and jacked up the fees much more than inflation, and did it for decades, there’d be outrage. But when government does us the same way….passive acquiescence. Well I don’t do passive acquiescence, so I moved to a house with a well & septic. I have saved myself about $30,000 in the last 19 years. No typo – $30,000.
Screw the government. Screw the Parasitic Sector. Screw our “public servants”. They’re just glorified mobsters.
Let me help those to dumb to look at a map.
What is the largest construction site in NC?
How far away is Pleasant Garden?
Does Pleasant Garden have zoning for Industrial?
Viola.
I have not seen the final proposal but I believe it is on the agenda and we will be discussing it at the Pleasant Garden Town Council meeting on Nov 9th @7:00pm at the PG town hall.
All are welcome
See if there’s a non fluoridated option when you bring the city water in.
…they pay to add it in, so I have to pay to remove it back out. We could put that money towards, I don’t know, loose leaf removal??
CORRECTION!!!
The PG Town Council meeting is on WEDNESDAY November 8th @7:00 PM
If you receive city water – sewer and you don’t live in the city limits you will pay 4 times more than people who live in the city limits
Correct!
They are even shameless and unapologetic for this rip-off.
The state’s default Republican leader, Phil Berger, spoke recently of the environmental catastrophy waiting to happen in Summerfield because of the lack of water and sanitary sewer. Is the same not true in Pleasant Garden?
This will be the end peaceful country living in PG. Numerous small lot subdivisions, big box stores, fast food, new traffic lights, perpetual road construction will soon follow. Farmers will be despised for muddying the roads and running their equipment after dark and if one shoots target practice now they will become instant criminals.
As a resident of Pleasant Garden for over 50 years, I encourage our town council to mindfully consider every aspect and possible consequence of the water/sewer proposal. Usually, the City of Greensboro and Guilford County do nothing that does not benefit them in some way, long term and/or short term. Tread carefully, Pleasant Garden.
If you own a house not in a subdivision and have well and septic pretty sure they can’t make you hook up you are grandfathered in and your property value sky rockets cause some ppl like stinky city water so I’m all for it..