Tucson’s northwest side growth again the source of strife [UPDATED]

_MG_7463.JPGBy Tony Davis

The long-standing conflict of growth versus environmental protection on the northwest side, quelled for years by the real estate slump, returns to the Pima County Board of Supervisors today.

The board will consider a Tucson developer’s request for major increases in allowable development intensity on four parcels totaling about 120 acres on or very near North Thornydale Road — in the heart of the region’s old-growth saguaro-ironwood forest.

That area has been ground zero for the growth-environment struggles for two decades because of the heavy concentration of lush Sonoran Desert vegetation there. But the request from Red Point Development Inc. is the first major push for amendments to the county’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan in this area since the real estate crash hit in 2007 and 2008.

UPDATE: Northwest side development plan changes delayed for three months

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Related: Tucson Real Estate  

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