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New housing starts resume at Hunters Crossing in Bastrop

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Bastrop, Tx–New residential construction is resuming in the city following a two-year hiatus. The city planning office has issued permits for erection of 14 new homes in the Hunters Crossing subdivision, Planning Director Stacy Snell said during a brief interview today.

In fiscal years ending in September 2008 and 2009 the Bastrop planning section issued only two home construction permits, according to city reports. As recently as September this year city officials were withholding new permits for additional building in Hunters Crossing because of questions about how the subdivision storm water drainage system was functioning.

The drainage issues were settled this fall and new home construction permits have been issued, said Snell.

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Bastrop housing starts still at a standstill, lag likely to continue into next year

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Bastrop, Tx–Tuesday the Bastrop City Council approved without opposition from a major housing developer a denial of permission to continue building in a new residential section of The Colony Municipal Utility District west of town in the city’s extra-territorial jurisdiction.

The lack of interest by developers to continue building perhaps reflects the current downturn in the residential market. Two weeks ago, the council also turned down a final plat for a new residential section in Hunter’s Crossing on Bastrop’s southwest border. Again developers did not object.

City planners urged denial of the final plats. Without city council action on the issue, the plats as submitted would be approved as a matter of law, officials said, and developers had indicated no immediate plans to pursue further construction activities in the near future.

In the current fiscal year the city has issued only one permit for new home construction, the same number as in the previous year, according to planning department reports.

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