WaPa reports that "[m]ore than 120 construction projects in Fairfax County neighborhoods have been left incomplete for years -- some a decade or longer -- because developers failed to make public improvements they promised when their building plans were approved."
What's the damage?
The neglect by developers means that many Fairfax residents paid premium prices for homes in neighborhoods with poorly built or unfinished roads, inadequate storm-water retention ponds, [etc.]
The article noted that the unfinished work cost county taxpayers $1.1 million over the past five years with Fairfax stepping in to fill the void.
Following up on this story, WaPo's Fairfax blog reports that "the Fairfax County Board called for closer oversight of development projects." Democrats Sharon Bulova and Gerald Hyland called for plans for oversight and dealing with delinquencies.