Residents opposing the proposed resort development in Wonder Valley, The Wonder Inn, should note an important deadline that ends today. Reporter Heather Clisby has details…
Since inception, The Wonder Inn, a proposed 106-room resort along Amboy Road in Wonder Valley, has faced intense pushback from locals. Stop The Wonder Inn Project, an organized group of such locals, is asking concerned residents to send letters to the county to demand a full Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The deadline for those letters is today at 4:30 p.m.
Though the county released Initial Study documents on January 17 that took no issue with the project, locals are not satisfied with the findings. Residents cite threats of noise and light pollution, destruction of desert wildlife, and dangerous traffic along a dark two-lane road. There are also wide concerns about tapping an already stressed water source as well as straining emergency rescue and law enforcement.
The proposed project would convert the existing 4,407-square foot office building
to a restaurant/lobby and build an additional 106 guest rooms, a 5,000-square foot conference room, a 3,985-square foot wellness center, and other structures on the 25-acre site at 78201 Amboy Road in Twentynine Palms. It would also feature a 6,300-square foot swimming lagoon and 205 space parking lot which brings concerns about light pollution and traffic along Amboy near Gammel Road.
Additionally, the developers are currently advertising the sale of lots with 24 “luxury villa homes” which would be built on the remaining 113.4 acres adjacent to the project. The developers did not mention plans for the new homes in their Initial Study.
To send a letter, see link here: https://stopwonderinn.org/take-action-now/
