Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
245 <br /> SIMPSON <br /> 6 <br /> AND TO BEGIN BY EXTENDING NY HOPE AND SUPFDRT TO THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF CHAPEL <br /> HILL WHO WISH TO SEE IT CLOSED. IT SHOULD BE CLOSED. THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH <br /> CAROLINA, HOWEVER, HAS REMAINED FIRMLY UNCOMITTED TO THE IDEA OF CLOSING HORACE <br /> WILLIAMS AIRPORT IN alDER TO MOVE ITS OPERATIONS TO MIDWAY AND USE THAT FACILITY9 <br /> MOULD IT NOT BE A BITTER IRONY IF MIDWAY WERE CONSTRUCTED AND THE <br /> UNIVERSITY CHOSE NOT TO BASE ITS OPERATIONS THEME? INSTEAD OF PROVIDING RELIEF <br /> FORIHE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL, MIDWAY WOULD THEN BECOME THE VEHICLE FOR PROLONGING <br /> THE PROBLEM OF HORACE WIFLYAMS INDEFINITELY . • • AND ORANGE COUNTY WOULD THEN <br /> BE SADDLED WITH TWO UNSATISFACTORY AIRPORTS Mn) NO HOPE OF RESOLVING THE DILEMMA. <br /> IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT ANOTHER PRIVATE DEVELOPER WOULD STEP FORWARD TO BEGIN <br /> A THIRD AIRPORT. FURTHER, THE CHANCE OF PROCURING FEDERAL OR STATE AID IN THE <br /> FUTURE FOR A SUITABLE-LOCATED, COUNTY-OPERATED MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WOULD LIKELY BE <br /> OBLITERATED. SINCE THE UNIVERSITY IS UNCOMITTED IN THE MATTER OF MIDWAY, I ASK <br /> THAT ALL REFERENCES IN BUCK MOUNTAIN F3 APPLICATION TO "UNIVERSITY USE OF MIDWAY <br /> AIRPORT" BE STRICKEN FROM THE APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AND NOT BE <br /> CONSIDERED BY THESE BODIES. <br /> THIS IS NO SMALL OPERATION. AN AIRPORT OF THE SIZE AND SCOPE THAT THE <br /> BUCK MOUNTAIN DEVELOPERS ARE PROPOSING WILL DIRECT THE COURSE OF AIRPORT PLANNING <br />