NOW THERE’S A SIGN-Until this sign went up
July 10. the Morrisville Town Hall had been
without an outside identification since it opened
in late 1992. "We just told people to look for the
brick building off Morrisviile-Carpenter Road,"
says Town Manager William Cobey. Purchased
from a Durham firm for $2,259, the anodized
aluminum sign has translucent letters and is
eight feet wide and three feet high.
Officials lift
conservation
water order
Aftw seven days of mandatory
conservation requirements, resi-
(tents of Morrisville and Preston
returned to normal water use at
noon Tuesday.
. The Cary-Apex water plant had
been shut down since July 18 to
avoid damage to its pumps aher
divers discovered fish carcasses in
the plant’s wet-water well. Cary of
ficios believe the fish matter may
have been in the well since the
plant was constructed three years
ago.
The City of Raleigh supplied
water in the interim, pumping 34.1
millions gallons of water for use at
Raleigh-Durham International Air
port and by residents of MotiIs-
ville, Cary and Apex. Dale Crisp,
assistant public utilities director for
Raleigh, estimated the bill for the
water will be $35,000.
The Moirlsvillf and Preston Progress, Wednesday, July 26,1995 - 5
Next Issue Aug. 30!
Town enters three-way agreement
By DAVID LEONE
The Morrisville Town Board
recently approved a Lichtin
Properties request that the town
fund up to $300,000 of the survey
and design work needed to begin
the widening of Airport Boulevard
to five lanes between McCrimmon
Parkway and Interstate 40.
With this ^roval, the town en
ters a three-way agreement with
Lichtin and the North Carolina De
partment of Transportation (DOT).
"There is a great need to widen
Airport Boulevard because of the
enormous amount of traffic, partic
ularly associated with rush hour,"
said Bill Cobey, Morrisville town
manager.
According to Cobey, Lichtin
Properties ^proached the state to
work with them on a public/private
agreement fa: the widening of the
road.
Lichtin owns (and rents) much of
the property between 1-40 and
McCrimmon Parkway and so had a
vested interest in the widening
Cobey said.
He noted that the project is part
of the Transportation Improvement
Program that the stme has been
working on.
"If there was not this private par
ticipation with DOT, the funding
for tiiis project might not be avail
able for several more years, it
might not get wittened until after
the year 20(X)," Cobey said.
"DOT is just trying to stretch
their dollars and the town and con
tractors are trying to get a needed
project done earlier," Cobey said.
I>OT’s plan is to extend McCrim
mon Parkway — it is now just a
stub — down to N.C. 54 where it
will become Kcppers Road which
continues on to cross Davis Drive
and ends at Morrisville Carpenter
Road. With this extension, Air-
port/McCrimmon would become
the major thoroughfare instead of
having traffic just dead-ending on
N.C. 54. From McCrimmon to N.C.
54 will continue to be a minor
thoroughfare.
The town will provide Lichtin
with reimbursement checks based
Town honors
former mayor
at reception
There were Lumleys everywhere
when the Town of Morrisville
honored former Mayor Ernest
Lumley and his wife. Town Clerk
Evelyn Lumley, at a June reception
in Town Hall.
Counting the honorees, 15 Lum
leys were in attendance. The
delegation included son Glenn and
his wife, Detffa, of Apex; son Har-
rel and his wife, Carol, of Cary,
along with their sons, John and
Robert; son Darrell and his wife,
Kimberli, of Wendell, along with
their daughter, Ciera.
The Lumleys’ daughter, Diane
Moore of Brunswick, Ga., was un
able to attend.
Lumley resigned as mayor after
13 years, announcing plans to move
to Middlesex.
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on copies of invoices paid for sur
vey and design work. The total of
these checks must not exceed the
$300,000 designated amount.
Cobey seemed optimistic that the
work would come in under budget.
If it doesn’t, Lichtin must pick up
the tab, be said.
■ The town also stipulates that the
funding obligation ends with the
fiscal year, June 30, 1996. Though
the town would not be responsible
to continue payments thereafter
should the work be delayed that
long. Cobey said it would be un
likely for the Town Board not to
reaffirm the funding.
State highway administrator
Larry Goode estimated that the pro
ject will cost $3.4 million for the
widening from 1-40 to N.C. 54.
This doesn’t include the right-of-
way costs which Lichtin is
responsible for, he said.
Construction for the project is set
to begin in 1996, Cobey said.
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