Huge Benson development near San Pedro River gets federal OK

The proposed location of the 28,000-home Villages at Vigneto is along Arizona 90, south of Interstate 10. The development will cover about 12,400 acres, with lakes and a 40-acre park. / By Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

 

By Tony Davis | Arizona Daily Star

A 28,000-home development in Benson near the San Pedro River could start construction next year, now that federal officials have reinstated a crucial permit that had been on hold.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told developer Michael Reinbold of El Dorado Holdings in Scottsdale that it has approved a Clean Water Act permit for the project “with modifications.”

The Corps’ action reinstates a permit it had approved in 2006 but suspended in July 2016 for additional environmental reviews. That came two months after environmentalists sued the agency over the permit.

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