Correction — this story has been corrected to reflect the correct vote in the planning commission.
A James City County couple is spearheading a campaign to stop the Cardinal Ridge development being proposed for up to 1,006 homes on surplus Eastern State Hospital land.
Over the past two weeks, Jean and Harry Fahl have met with all of five James City County supervisors, distributed flyers through the area and gotten more than 549 signatures to an online petition against the project.
The Cardinal Ridge project would include up to 309 single family homes, 247 townhomes, and 450 apartments as well as 162,000 square feet of commercial space.
“Our task right now is to speak to as many organizations as we can, to get as many flyers out as we can, to have people write the board of supervisors, to have people sign the petition,” Harry Fahl told Williamsburg Watch.
They say the project would destroy thousands of trees, endanger the Powhatan water shed and add thousands of cars daily to Longhill Roa…