Post by Dustin Lowell on Mar 14, 2007 19:13:19 GMT -5
To those interested in Moss Rock Preserve,
I want to address an issue many of you may have on your mind. As some of you may know, U.S. Steel has started construction on its property between Preserve Parkway and the boulderfield area of Moss Rock Preserve In Hoover AKA "THE PRESERVE". Unfortunately the boundary of Moss Rock Preserve starts just above the boulderfield so we don't have any control over what they do on their own land. U.S. Steel said there will be a buffer left on their land between the park and their development. Also, permanent parking for the boulderfield will by legal agreement have to be provided in this area as well. Plans are for it to be located at the back of the small commercial area under construction. As the development progresses, the access parking and trail to the boulderfield will change. At the present time people still need to park in the designated parking spaces on Preserve Parkway, but you should access the bouldfieds by waking left (if facing the curb at the parking area) on the road back to a roundabout and following the trail from there to the boulderfield. The new development is a reminder of how fortunate we are that Hoover's leaders had the forsight to buy the Moss Rock Preserve property over 10 years ago before local lands became nearly unafordable for purchase as nature preserves. Otherwise, we would have lost the boulderfield itself as well as the rest of the 250 acre park to development. Moss Rock is a precious natural oasis in a land of development, and we must all work to make sure the oasis stays intact.
As far as real answers:
I have contacted the developer, the city of hoover, and anyone I could think of to try and get some answers of what the "real" plans are for this "preserve". It has been an oasis for me since I was a child and the recent development is a chilling wake up call to how little value developers place on a piece of land with such natural beauty and which also harbors endangered plant species and other speicies as well. If anyone else is concerned about this issue please respond so that we can get some real answers.
I want to address an issue many of you may have on your mind. As some of you may know, U.S. Steel has started construction on its property between Preserve Parkway and the boulderfield area of Moss Rock Preserve In Hoover AKA "THE PRESERVE". Unfortunately the boundary of Moss Rock Preserve starts just above the boulderfield so we don't have any control over what they do on their own land. U.S. Steel said there will be a buffer left on their land between the park and their development. Also, permanent parking for the boulderfield will by legal agreement have to be provided in this area as well. Plans are for it to be located at the back of the small commercial area under construction. As the development progresses, the access parking and trail to the boulderfield will change. At the present time people still need to park in the designated parking spaces on Preserve Parkway, but you should access the bouldfieds by waking left (if facing the curb at the parking area) on the road back to a roundabout and following the trail from there to the boulderfield. The new development is a reminder of how fortunate we are that Hoover's leaders had the forsight to buy the Moss Rock Preserve property over 10 years ago before local lands became nearly unafordable for purchase as nature preserves. Otherwise, we would have lost the boulderfield itself as well as the rest of the 250 acre park to development. Moss Rock is a precious natural oasis in a land of development, and we must all work to make sure the oasis stays intact.
As far as real answers:
I have contacted the developer, the city of hoover, and anyone I could think of to try and get some answers of what the "real" plans are for this "preserve". It has been an oasis for me since I was a child and the recent development is a chilling wake up call to how little value developers place on a piece of land with such natural beauty and which also harbors endangered plant species and other speicies as well. If anyone else is concerned about this issue please respond so that we can get some real answers.