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As you all know the Department of Transportation has proposed four alternates for
replacing the present Morehead Gity-Atlantic Beach bridge. Only two of these are bei^^
given serious consideration, namely Alternate #1 and Many of you attended the puMFc
hearing at which the merits of the various proposals were discussed and those of you who
didn't attend have undoubtedly read editorials and letters to the editors giving the
pros and'cons of each plan.
On March 8th at the regular town meeting your Board of Commissioners unanimously
endorsed Alternate 0^, Since then the Morehead City Board of Commissioners unanimously
MAYOR URGES endorsed Alternate I personally think that ^0% of our residents
prefer Alternate but if you still have questions please call me or
BRIDGE ACTION one of the Commissioners and we will give you the facts as we know them.
We have a copy of the D.O.T, Environmental Assessment along with maps
of the alternatives at the town hall in case you would like to see them.
We think that we have gone about as far as we can in promoting Alternate ^ with
the D.O.T. and think it is now time to express our views directly to Governor Hunt. If
you think, as we do, that Alternate is the correct choice then we ask that you please
make your thoughts known to Governor Hunt. It would be best if you would write a
personal letter, but failing this please fill out and mail one of the forms that was
printed in the April 29th Carteret News-Times and mail it to Governor Hunt. His address
is I
The Honorable James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
State of North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina 2?6ll
A bridge in the correct location will compensate you far into the future for the
small effort you put forth now.
Mayor Wayne P, Cleveland
Public Works Commissioner ”Hoot" Gibson says a couple of experts took a critical
look at the Pine Knoll Shores streets recently and assured him that the developers had
not skimped on their construction,
PKS STREETS "They assured us that the construction of our roads was excellent and
told us our main task was in keeping them up,” said Gibson after he and
GET GOOD Ken Hanan had guided two representatives of The Asphalt Institute on an
RATING ins^ction of P^* principal streets, Hanan, who formerly edited the
trade magazine Constructioneer, had arranged for the asphalt men to
come here,
Gibson said the visitors had left him a rating system for low-volume asphalt roads
and that he and Hanan plan to hike the 11 miles of town streets in PKS "in the very
immediate future*' in order to rate their condition. He said that when the rating is
completed, contracts will be let immediately for the repair of problem areas.
A "major problem” pointed up by the inspection is the breaking off of road edges when
run over l:Qr heavy trucks, Gibson said this was a result of sandy bases and borders to the
roads. He said grass growing up to the edge of the roads would help.
”A lot of people have planted grass beside their streets, and if more would do that
it would help a lot,” Gibson said.
Another street problem, Gibson said, is caused by lack of use. This results in hair
line cracks forming on little-traveled streets and parking areas. This was particularly
noticeable in McNeill Park.
"Curiously enough, the more an asphalt street is used, the better it stands up, i:^^
it is not abused,” Gibson observed.