Hydrilla has attacked Chesterfield County’s Swift Creek Reservoir. The aquatic nuisance weed has spread rapidly in recent months in the 1,700-acre reservoir, especially the northern portion near Brandermill, covering much of the surface with dense mats of green. The good news? It won’t affect the quality of the county’s largest source of drinking water.

A holdover from the Upper Swift Creek plan passed in June that would prohibit leveling large pieces of land for residential developments is creeping forward and raising eyebrows. The “mass grading” ordinance, before the county’s Planning Commission tomorrow, would restrict the flattening of land in the Swift Creek Reservoir’s watershed for projects with an average lot size greater than 10,000 square feet.

A holdover from the Upper Swift Creek plan passed in June that would prohibit leveling large pieces of land for residential developments is creeping forward and raising eyebrows.