By Tony Davis | Arizona Daily Star
Tiny Benson is facing the prospect of a huge development — eight years after a similar proposal crashed with the real estate market.
It’s also facing a big development controversy over whether the project’s groundwater pumping could dry up parts of the San Pedro River.
Phoenix-based El Dorado Holdings, Inc. proposes 28,000 homes as part of a “mixed use” development on 12,324 acres along Arizona 90, about two miles south of Interstate 10 and four miles southwest of Benson’s downtown. Three big votes on the are expected in the coming month at meetings of the city Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council.
