Sprawl: Maine

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Maine State Planning Director Evan Richert, in Confronting the Issue of Sprawl in Maine, discusses the fiscal, environmental, and quality-of-life costs of sprawl. From RURAL CONNECTIONS, Summer/Fall 1997.

The Maine State Planning Office's excellent "Cost of Sprawl" report (in pdf format) shows how state government policies have helped encourage sprawl -- and why this has resulted in huge costs to taxpayers. Of special note is the chapter examining how sprawl has led to increased costs for schools, police, and roads.

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Do you know of a state or local program we haven't listed that fights sprawl? If so, please e-mail us the information at: editor@plannersweb.com, and we'll include it here.