SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED ROYAL GORGE DEVELOPMENT

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750+ Condominium units and 250+ residential units

    -More than twice as many as in Sugar Bowl, Northstar and Squaw combined!

    -More than doubles the residences in Serene Lakes from 800 to 1800

Ski Lifts, lodge, and 650 units immediately east of the lakes

    -More than 40,000 trees removed

    -Hillsides stripped for ski runs

    -The main Serene Lakes watershed is paved over

    -The lakes are filled by silt from erosion

    -Nights are polluted by noise and lights from trail grooming operations

Two artificial lakes, a lodge and more housing north-west of the lakes

    -Where the current Royal Gorge Headquarters is on Pahatsi Road

    -Granite glacial land is blasted for new lakes

    -Cross country trails are replaced by roads and buildings

2,375 additional residents

    -Estimate provided by the Placer County Sheriffs Department

    -Traffic will more than double, especially on Soda Springs Road

    -No new roads to provide emergency exits, a real fire hazard

Increases the water demand on Serene Lakes from 115 acre-feet per year (AFY) to 615 or more AFY

    -The water level of the lakes will drop 4 to 5 feet every year

    -The channel between the lakes will become impassable

    -The shoreline will recede by 20 feet, and in some places 50 to 100 feet

    -The docks, including Ice Lake Lodge's will be high and dry

    -Over 30% of the lakes' surface area will dry up

Requires doubling the capacity of the sewage treatment plant

    -More treated sewage water dumped into the South Yuba River

    -Requires new sewage pumping stations in Serene Lakes

    -Pumping failures will dump sewage directly into Serene Lakes