Really? Double the amount of housing units? I don't get it. This seems like a "bait and switch" to me by the developer. When will the building stop? We have been innundated with residential building up and down the Rt. 1 corridor to include, condos, apartments, town homes and single family homes. I don't see this as a win/win. It will undoubtedly affect every aspect of insfrastructure that we are already dealing with...poorly, ie. overcrowding in schools and building a new elementary school in a less than adequate location. I don't see how this increase in capacity benefits our county, it just doesn't make sense. Although not in Howard County, there are plenty of new apartments over by Arundel Mills. Why add more? We know traffic stinks, let's make it worse? Enough said.

I stand corrected, as I did not think the Planning Board would practically double the density. This is ridiculous.

Look no further than the idiots in the BOE and the incompetent administration of the hcpss. These folks allowed our schools to deteriorate to the point where a bunch of con artists could pay them like whores to put a school as a buffer between the railroad and the profit of a housing developement. These people are not stupid, they are despicable, they knew as soon as they authorized this school Howard county was going to aprove more housing. It is a damn shame to have our children exploited so somebody can make a buck. To know these children do not receive an adequate and quality education in Howard county but instead are used as pawns should be criminal.

In November we need to send a real clear message and kick out Giles and Siddiqui, our children deserve far better.

I knew this was going to happen, crowd in as much as possible and say it is good for the area. This is going to turn ugly real fast just give it a couple of years.

The administration and BOE do not care at all about the quality of life in Howard County. They prove this time and time again by making bad decision. Eventually our schools will stop making the grade and residents will start flocking to other counties that have better school systems. Where will this leave us with the glut of housing? The administration will be gone and those of us that bought property will be stuck with even further declining housing prices. The thought the townhomes will "anchor" apartments as stated in the article is absurd. You will find that the townhomes become rentals also. Wake up Howard County!

Route 100 and Coca Cola drive are already backed up dramatically during peak hours. I agree no more development. The roads cant handle it, the school system cant handle it and the police department is spread thin as it is. Once again Ken and his flunkies at work. I can't wait to vote them out of office.

You'll have a hard time convincing me that Elkridge does not need a high school. The population density is steadily increasing in this area, our HS kids have to be bussed to Columbia, we have no recreation facility, no track or field, and no place to hold an annual carnival anymore here. With the increased density and resultant negative affects on the community (http://www.abag.ca.gov/services/finance/fan/housingmyths2.htm), I think that we very much need a local high school to establish and maintain a community with an identity.