Page 6-A—THE BRUNSWICK BEACON. Thursday, September 3, 1987
North Brunswick Communities Attack Water Problem
BY DOUG RUTTER
A 12-year struggle for a water system in northern
Brunswick County should bo resolved in less than a year,
according to Leland Sanitary Distict Board Chairman
Boyd Williamson.
Construction on the $2.3 million project, which will be
connected to the county water system, can begin after
bond anticipatory notes arc approved by the lx)cal
Government Coinmission in Raleigh, he siid.
The water system is to include about 47 miles of
pipeline and wQl ser\’ice the lycland Sanitary District.
The district covers the communities of Bclville,
Eastbrook, I.anvale and parts of Navassa.
The contract was aw'arded to the W.E. Blackmon Co.
of Smithfield, which last installed sewer lines in newly-
annexed areas of Wilmington.
He said the contract calls for a completion date of
nine months from the time of ground-breaking, which
should take place in about three weeks.
Williamson said, “Relief won't come until tlie first
piece of pipe is in the ground and the project Ls
underway.”
He said the board has awarded two-year contracts to
two separate companies which will handle the billing and
maintenance of the water system.
After the two-year contracts have expired, William
son said the Iceland Sanitary District Board may chose to
handle the billing and maintenance internally.
The water lines will come after 10 years of continuous
effort by the Leland Sanitary District Board to oexjuire a
water system for the area, he said.
Williamson said the initial plan of the board was to
use groundwater and its own water treatment plant along
with water tani'.s.
After the county water plant was constructed and
lines were run only a few hundred yards outside the
district, however, the board decided to connect to the
county water system.
He said that if the community was an established
municipality, it wouldn't have taken as long to acquire
the water system.
Residents of the district are currently using wells to
meet their water needs, but Williamson warned that this
has to change quickly.
“The water is running low, and the quality of well
water is becoming an issue. Time is running out with this
current situation,” he said.
The l,cland Sanitary District Board will connect
residents to the system on a voluntary basis.
Williamson said about 70 percent of the district’s
residents have asked for the hook-up while some others
remain skeptical or content with cheaper well water.
He said ground-floor customers will only be charged
$50 for the tap. while those applying during construction
will be charged approximately $300 and those applying
after construction will be charged up to $700.
Construction on the project is expected to begin at the
county water source at the intersection of U.S. 17 and the
Sunny Point Railroad, south of I,anvale.
Williamson said the various communities will be sup
plied with the county water as construction is completed
in each region.
Church Seeks Special Permit For Temporary Classrooms
BY DOUG RUTTER
Shallotte aldermen were expected
to decide at their Sept. 2 meeting
whether a local church can move a
mobile classroom onto its grounds to
temporarily house Sunday School
classes.
Calvary BapUst Church, located in
Shallotte Estates on N.C. 179 near
Brierwood Golf Course, has asked for
a special use permit to place a
double-wide trailer on its property
for up to six months.
Rev. Douglas Ponder, pastor of the
church, said the trailer would iv?
placed on the back of the church pro
perty behind the parking lot.
“This additional space is needed
immediately if we are to continue to
grow as a church. We are simply
outgrowing our current church
building," he continued.
However, at least one businessman
in the neighborhood was expected to
oppose issuance of the pemiit.
.lody .Simmons, manager of Pat
.Simmons Construction Company,
which is a developer of the Village
Pines office/residential project
across from the church, said Thurs-
d3v he feels **forcetl lo oppose** the
special use permit.
“I really don't think this is a mobile
home section of town. This end of
town is too nice for mobile homes,"
said Simmons, who is an unopposed
candidate for election to the town
board in November.
Rev. Ponder .said the mobile home
is needed as a “stop-gap measure” to
continue the church's Sunday School
program.
“We have simply run out of room
with our current facilities. It is
something whicli c.in be done quick
ly, without too iiuicb time or money
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Shallotte Zoning .Administrator
Albert Hughes said a special use per
mit would be required because the
church is located in a subdivision
which does not normally allow
mobile homes.
He added that as far as he knew,
only one special use permit had been
disallowed since he took office four
years ago. “If no one complains to
the board, they arc usually granted
without any problems.” .said Hughes.
Shallotte Mayor .Icrry .Jones said
the board can adjust the permit time
or deny the permit completely if the
opposition is overwhelming.
He .said the board was to hear all
Thoroughfare Plan Nearing Completion
opposition to the permit Wednesday
and would probably Uikc action that
.same night.
Ponder said the church has already
voted to purchase the temporary
classroom and fuis set the money
aside for it.
He said the church would not be
able to keep the .Sunday school active
if it meant waiting several years for
an addition to be added to the ex-
i.sting building.
Simmons said he would not be op
posed to the project if the trailer was
set up behind the ciiurcii, but feels
that a mobile home visible from
Village Point Road will detract from
the environment of the Village Pines
communitv.
“I would really like for this Lssue
not to go to the town board, but I feel
strongly that there is another solu
tion l)esides a mobile home,” ,s;nd
Simmons.
“I am a Baptist myself and I am
willing to help the church just like
any other concerned citizen,” .said
Simmons. “1 just feel that a mobile
home is not the way to go.”
Sinunons said last Thursday he
had not contacted the church, bm
that he would be willing to help with
the cosLs of expansion in lieu of the
tiiGwtlC nGiiiC.
“1 would be willing to help out with
anything they need to expand the
church—money, labor or materials.“
he .said.
BY RAHN ADAMS
“This is close to the end. "
That’s how Wayne Davis, project
engineer with the .N'.U. Dept, of
Transportation's Thoroughfare Plan
ning Unit, greeted loi'al officials last
Thursday at a coordinating commit
tee meeting in Bolivia.
Representatives of local
municipalities, chambers of com
merce and the county planning staff
attended the se.ssion.
Davis and fellow project engineer
Blake .Norwood presented conunittce
members with a preliminary draft of
the plan which outlines the intended
growth and improvement of
Brunswick t'ounty's road .system for
the next 18 years.
Norwood asked that committee
Two Hurt In Weekend Wreck
Two Brunswick County motorists
escaped serious injiuy Saturday in a
s\ng\e-vehick crash near He'.viUv
According to N'.C. Highway Patrol
spokesperson Ruby Oakley, the acci
dent occurred Saturday around 11:45
a.m., 5.5 miles south of Belville on
•N.C. 133.
Trooper B. C. Jones listed Sarah
Joann Henderson, 18, of Southport, as
driver of the 1984 Toyota truck in the
wreck.
Jones’ report said the Henderson
vehicle was traveling approximately
75 miles per hour when the driver lost
control in a cur\e. The truck ran off
the right side of the road and over
turned.
Henderson was cited for exceeding
a .safe speed.
She and an unidentified 16-year-old
female passenger were treated at
Dosher Memorial Hospital in
Southport for "no visible sign, but
complaints of injuries,” said .Ms.
Oakley.
The Highway Patrol estimated
damage to the Henderson truck at
$4,000.
In another weekend wreck, Ms.
Oakley said a New Jersey man was
■lied after his van was involved in a
I ear-end collision near Bolivia.
.Ms. Oaklev said no one was injured
in the 11 a.m. Saturday wreck that
happened one mile south of Bolivia
on L'.S. 17.
Trooper J.V. Dove charged Bacu
K. Patel. '23, of Passaic, N.J., with
failure to reduce speed, after Patel’s
1987 Plymouth van struck the rear of
a 1965 Chevrolet driven by Dorman
Lowell Mercer. 92. of Bolivia, Ms.
Oakley said.
Dove's report stated that the
.Mercer auto was slowing to make a
left turn into a private driveway at
the time of the collision.
Damages were estimated at $1,800
to Patel’s van and $800 to the Mercer
car.
members thoroughly review the
draft b> the end of September, and
that the> upilate elected officials in
their municipalities on the proposed
plan.
.Norwood said the committee
should meet again in mid-October for
a final review .
In explaining the draft. Davis
noted that several factors are involv
ed in assessing the county's road
needs: iwpulation trends, future land
use. pre.sent road deficiencies and
high accident areas.
Brunswick County's projected
population in '2005 is listed at 97.100,
up over 78 percent from lti87 figures.
Ill terms of iuture land use. Davis
.said roads leading to the county’s
beaciies wiii continue to be heavily
traveled. .As a result. Holden, Ocean
Isle, Yaupon and Long beaches were
added to the preliminary plan's list of
“major traffic generators."
The plan also states that "sections
of Brunswick County roads have defi
ciencies in lane widths, level of ser
vice and accident experience."
Statistics show that accidents
reported between 1978 and 1985 oc
curred most frequently on U.S. 17 in
west Shallotte near N’.C. 130 and on
Old Village Road iS.R. 1472) one-
quarter mile from U.S. 17-74-76 in
Leland.
The preliminary plan recommends
giving top priority to improving U.S.
17 from Boll Swamp to Supply,
followed by five other sections of U.S.
17. The Shallotte bypass, already ap
proved by the state, is on the plan’s
Priority I li.st.
During last rhursday’s meeting,
conunittce members suggested ad
ding a planned new Sunset Beach
Bridge to the plan’s priority list of
recommended bridge improvements.
Davis and Norwood were also in
structed to rework estimates of
through traffic counts, mainly on
U.S. 17. Conmiittee members said
that both current and projected
figures in the preliminai-y plan ap
peared extremely low.
Members also emphasized to the
project engineers that traffic on U.S.
17 undoubtedly will increase even
further after Interstate 20 to Myrtle
Beach and Interstate 40 to Wilm
ington are completed.
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