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Confluence National Heritage Corridor creates controversy

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Tue, 05/02/2006 - 1:51am
According to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article, local residents are opposed to a bill introduced by Sen. Jim Talent that would create the Confluence National Heritage Corridor:
Machens and most of the 570 residents of West Alton, many of them farmers, are up in arms over a proposal made by U.S. Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., to include all 28 square miles of the city in what would become the Confluence National Heritage Corridor.

For starters, residents in this rural slice of St. Charles County are wary of the federal government. They reside in the floodplain and, in their view, already live under the thumb of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Machens and others fear the designation will further diminish their property rights, despite assurances to the contrary from environmental groups.
The corridor would promote tourism and fund bicycle trails in the area, among other things.
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