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247 <br /> SIMPSON <br /> 6 <br /> PERIOD. I SUBMIT THAT THE PROPOSED MIDWAY AIRPORT, IOCATED IN THE HEART OF OUR <br /> PRECIOUS DA1RYL!LND, WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF REMOVING FROM OUR CROPLAND BASE IN <br /> ONE FELL SWOOP AN AREA OP LAND EQUAL TO ONE-THIRD OF WHAT WAS LOST IN A PERIOD <br /> OF TWENTY-TWO YEARS. <br /> THE PROPOSED BUCK MOUNTAIN MIDWAY AIRPORT IS IN CONFLICT WITH <br /> THE LAND USE PLAN ASIT APPLIES TO BINGHAM TGUNSHIP, IN CONFLICT WITH GOAL FIVE, <br /> WHICH IS ENTITLED "THE MANAGEMENT OF GRO4TH SO THAT TO IS DIRECTED TO AREAS WHERE <br /> GROWTH IS DESIREABLE AND CAN BE ACCOMMODATED" -- I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER GOAL FIVE, <br /> SECTIONS 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3, WHICH STATES: "DIRECT INTENSIVE LAND USES . . AWAY <br /> FROM AREAS WHICH ARE SUITABLE FOR CONTINUED AGRICULTURAL USES AND/OR WHICH ARE <br /> PROTECTED AS WATER SUPPLY WATERSHEDS," AND TO CONSIDER SECTION 5.10, WHICH STATES: <br /> "DESIGNATE LAND IN AREAS WHERE THE PREVAILING LAND USE ACTIVITIES CONSIST OF AGRI* <br /> CULTRE AND FORESTRY AND WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE IN THESE USES AS 'AGRICULTURAL REST* <br /> DENTIAL.'" <br /> WE HAVE BEEN SO DESIGNATED IN BINGHAM, BUT THE LOCATION OF THIS <br /> PROPOSED AIRPORT ON NC 5.I IN BINGHAM, FOR REASONS STATED ABOVE AND BECAUSE OTHER <br /> PRIVATE DEVELOPERS AND LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE WILL COME FORTH WILL INEVITABLE <br /> PRESSURE TO DEVELOP INDUSTRY ALONG NC 5L BETWEEN CHAPEL HILL-CAREBORO AND THIS <br />