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The scene after a crash near the Horace Williams Airport
... the Orange County Commissioners are underpressure to approve the proposed Midway Airport
Commissioners vote tonight on new airport
BySARAHRAPER
. Staff Writer
Again this year, the Chapel Hill Transit
System will provide a variety of bus ser
vices for members of the UNC communi
ty. Transportation Director Bob Godding
'estimates that 10,000 UNC students will
use the local transit system in the upcom
ing academic year. . ;
Following a major revamping of the
routes, the bus system will operate this
year with nine lines.- Two routes, the S
and U, will transport riders around the
UNC campus while the other seven serve
commercial and residential areas in .
Chapel Hill and Carrboro. ,.
Godding urged students who will be us
ing the bus system to pick up. schedules,
available at more than 50 locations in
Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Schedules are
also distributed on the buses, and are
printed in individual pamphlets, color
coded according to the route,
The schedules also contain detailed in
formation on fares and discounts. Stan
dard fares for adults are 50 cents during
peak hours and 40 cents at other times.
The U and S routes will cost 25 cents dur
ing peak hours and 20 cents at other
times. Transfers are free on all routes ex
cept the campus routes. On the U and S
lines, transfers are available for an addi
tional fare.
Several types of bus passes also are
available. Long-term bus passes may be
purchased at a discount price by UNC
students, faculty and staff from the UNC
Department of , Parking and Traffic,
located in the campus YMCA building.
The Chapel Hill Transit System will have 2
routes for on-campus service, the S and U
lines. Seven other lines will serve areas in
Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
Passes for the entire academic year are
$40 for an unlimited number of rides on
either of the campus routes, and $80 for
an unlimited number of rides on any of
the nine routes. Semester passes are also
available and sell for $24 for campus ser
vice and $48 for full service:
Another option is the 4080 Ride
Ticket. Priced at $16, this pass entitles the
purchaser to 80 rides on campus routes or
40 rides on any of the routes or any com
bination of the two.
Handicapped passes can be purchased
only at the town's Municipal Building on
-North Columbia Street. All routes have
some buses that are equipped with lifts.
Those runs with a lift service are marked
with an H on the printed schedules.
The transit system includes two types
of Shared Rider Service available to riders
holding passes. A feeder service is
available, on weekdays in three ?ones:
Morgan Creek, South Lakeshore and
Cedar Hills. . . r
"These areas don't generate enough
ridership for regular bus service," God
ding said. For the price of the regular
adult fare, the rider may call the dispat
cher to arrange a pickup time and
transportation to the nearest bus stop by
limousine-type vehicles.
. The second type of Shared Rider Ser
vice is System 1, which operates from
6:30 to 11:45 p.m. on weeknights
and from 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. on Sun
days. System 1 replaces regular weekday
service on some lines. Regular adult fares
apply, for trips which start and end at a
bus 'stop. Door-to-door service is
available at an additional cost.
Godding said there would be some bus
stop changes in conjunction with the
rerouting of the lines. Stops will continue
to be marked with red and blue signs. The
transit department hopes to complete the
removals from and additions to existing
signs by today. v
Godding also said that new driver
uniforms have been ordered and will ar
rive in early September.. The decision by
the town council to outfit the drivers
followed a highly publicized debate
earlier in the year.
By BONNIE FOUST .
Staff Writer
The Orange County Commissioners will
vote tonight on whether to approve the
construction of a new airport in the coun
ty. The cornmissioners' decision comes
one week after the Orange County Plann
ing Board recommended the rejection of
the airport.
The proposed Midway Airport has been
a subject of controversy since fall 1980.
Occupying 232 acres of land nine miles
west of Carrboro in Bingham Township,
the airport would consist of a 5,000 foot
runway and hangar space for 276 planes.
The approval of Midway would allow
for the closing of the highly criticized
Horace Williams Airport, located north of
Chapel Hill, off Airport Road. Two
airplane accidents have occurred at the
airport during the past year, and area
residents are concerned that another might
. crash into nearby Seawell Elementary
School.
In rejecting the Midway proposal,
members of the planning board cited three
reasons:
the-airport did not meet all Federal
Aviation Administration requirements
fire protection was inadequate
the project was incompatible with the
development plans of that area.
"I was opposed to it on the basis of cer
tain defects in the application," said Dr.
Logan Irwin, a planning board member.
"The developers did not have right of
way or easements at the end of the run
way. I felt that is important because ac
cidents can be caused if you do not have
clearance at the runway end," Irwin said.
"It also does not conform to the land
use plans of Bingham Township. People
believe the township shoujd be an
agricultural and residential area. The air
port is not in the best interest of this," he
said. ;
Dr. Alice Gordon, another planning
board member, agreed with Irwin.
"Basically, I was opposed because it
(airport), would have an adverse impact on
the surrounding area," she said.
Lee Mehler of Pelloquin Associates,
architect for the proposed airport, said
that although the reaction of the board
was expected, the board's reasons for tur
ning down the proposal were invalid.
Mehler said that since Bingham
Township was an , agricultural area, it
would be a prime location for the facility.
A letter he received from the state
transportation department stated that
most airports in the state were developed
in rural areas.
Also, as far as fire protection is con
cerned, Mehler said it would not be easy,
but if certain conditions were met, ade
quate fire protection could be provided.
Concerning the FAA requirements,
Mehler said: "To everybody, including the
FAA, we have met , all FAA
requirements."
Fred Hazard, agent for Buck Mountain
Development Group, which is planning
Midway, also maintained that the project
has met all FAA requirements.
"We have reworked the project to meet
all FAA and state requirements. We intend
to and can meet all FAA requirements,"
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Hazard said he received a letter from
William Tuntle Jr. of the North Carolina
Division of Aviation stating that Orange
County was placing standards above and
beyond those required by the FAA.
However, Irwin said the FAA has dif
ferent standards for private airports. And
while Midway may have met those stan
dards, it did not meet the standards for
general airports.
"We have to consider the wording of
the zoning ordinances," he said. "The air
port should meet all FAA rquirements for
general airports.
"The airport should have control over
approach, departure and clear zones. The
developers do nor have control over ap
proach, departure and clear zones.
"We have to make a judgment on the
way the ordinance is worded. In that
respect they did not meet the re
quirements," Irwin said.
Although it is true that private airports
do not have to meet any particular re
quirements, an airport applying for a
special-use permit (which is the case with
Midway) must meet all FAA requirements,
said Bruce Mathews, Airport Develop
ment Specialist for the Division of Avia
tion. For an airport of its type, Midway has
met all the requirements, he said.
Mathews also said that whether an air
port meets the standards depends on how
stringently the requirements are inter
preted. Orange County probably uses a
very strict interpretation of FAA rules, he
said. -
Members of the Chapel Hill Coalition
for Airport Planning believe that Midway
Airport would be a good alternative to
University-owned Horace Williams Air
port. UNC officials said that they would,
shut down the airport if Midway was
acceptable to all University requirements. "
But Gordon said that the Midway pro
posal was reviewed objectively and the
Horace Williams problem was not and
should not be taken into consideration.
"We judged the proposal on its own
merits and found it wanting, I sympathize
with the pressure and ' concern about
Horace Williams, but I feel it was irrele
vant in the consideration for Midway,"
she said. J '.'"
Both Mehler and Hazard see no con-
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"The only legitimate reason I see is that
the planning board members do not want
an airport or least not an airport in
Bingham Township," Mehler said.
Both men, expect the county commis
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