Some foes of Orange county's supervisors' decision to grant a special-use permint for a Walmart Supercenter have filed suit in hopes of blocking the project, according to an article on Fredericksburg.com.

The suit has been filed by various supporters of Wilderness Battlefield including organizations and residents. Area homeowners are anxious on how this will play out, and if the box store will be coming into the county.

"Opponents of the Walmart Supercenter planned in the Wilderness battlefield area filed a legal challenge yesterday to block the project.

The lawsuit by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Friends of Wilderness Battlefield and residents of Orange and Spotsylvania counties contests the Orange supervisors' Aug. 25 decision to grant a special-use permit for a 240,000-square-foot retail development.

The 138,000-square-foot Walmart would anchor the retail center on a 51.5-acre parcel northwest of the intersection of State Routes 3 and 20 and a quarter-mile from the entrance to Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.

The legal challenge contends the Board of Supervisors' 4-1 decision was 'flawed in numerous respects.' It claims that supervisors "brushed aside" mounting concerns about the negative impacts the store would have on the battlefield and park.

Calling the Walmart project 'oversized and inappropriate,' National Trust President Richard Moe said his 250,000-member group joined the lawsuit 'to protect the Wilderness battlefield, the national park and the citizens of Orange County.

'It's our obligation to challenge big-box development on this vulnerable site, which would compound earlier land-use planning missteps and eventually would radically urbanize the rural gateway to the national park,' Moe said.'

Orange Board of Supervisors Chairman Lee Frame and Supervisor Mark Johnson said yesterday afternoon they were not aware of the lawsuit and could not comment."

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