Developer proposes changes to controversial Lagoona Bay project: Wednesday, June 21.

The developer of the controversial Lagoona Bay project was back in front of the public and Huntersville town leaders during a meeting Tuesday.

Project developer Jake Palillo and his company had 68 pages worth of proposed changes to the project. Among the changes: Accessibility improvements, revamped housing plans, roadway improvements to reduce traffic impact in the area, and the addition of 20 affordable housing units.

The massive $800 million project would turn an empty plot of land along Sam Furr Road into an almost 300-acre community with membership fees. The development would include a huge lagoon with water sports, dining and retail options, as well as a luxury hotel and convention center.

Lagoona Bay would also create hundreds of housing options.

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New Indy attorneys went before a federal judge on Tuesday to push to have one of the many lawsuits against them dismissed.

But outside the Matthew J. Perry, Jr. Courthouse in Columbia, South Carolina, neighboring residents of the paper mill say the pervasive smell is still making them sick.

“It’s like when that smell comes, I have to go in the house, my eyes itch, my ears, my head, you can tell that it’s toxic,” Bonnie Lins, who recently moved near the paper mill, said.

Tuesday, New Indy pushed to dismiss a lawsuit filed by several York County and Lancaster County residents. The lawsuit alleges the paper mill failed to apply for a ‘prevention of significant deterioration’ or PSD permit, and instead turned off its steam stripper, which helps control air pollution.

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