The Haines Borough Planning Commission on July 14 approved the preliminary plat for Highland Estates’ 65-lot Hilltop subdivision–an area that comprises 37 acres of land south of Major Road.
The project has been paused since 2015, when developer Roger Schnabel received preliminary plat approval. Schnabel told the CVN he decided to drop the project in 2015 because he believed the housing market wasn’t strong enough to support it, but he reapplied in May because he…