To the editor:
The Sunset Shores Community Sewer Project, initially praised as a model of community initiative, has become a costly and contentious issue. In 2017, the Leland Board approved the project with the Enterprise highlighting the efforts of my husband, Pete Taylor and two others, who worked for years with a civil engineer to develop a state-of-the-art system. However, before the original design could be implemented, property owners on Twin Pines thwarted the effort with threatened legal action, leading to years of redesigns, and escalating costs.
Fast forward to 2025, when our Township Board communicated that the project budget had gone from $628,000 ($19,000 per parcel) in 2017 to $1,202,532 ($36,440 per parcel), with unknown future operating and HOA costs. Despite a “cease and desist” order from the law firm representing Sunset Shores, our elected officials continue to push the project and related bond sale forward, disregarding the huge increases in costs to property owners and unanswered questions about liabilities.
