
{"id":3082,"date":"2008-07-24T07:15:06","date_gmt":"2008-07-24T15:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=3082"},"modified":"2008-07-24T07:15:06","modified_gmt":"2008-07-24T15:15:06","slug":"legislation-clears-the-way-for-new-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2008\/07\/24\/legislation-clears-the-way-for-new-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislation clears the way for new airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Landfill gas facility for Carolina North also part of bill<\/p>\n<p>by <strong>Kirk Ross <\/strong><br \/>\nStaff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The General Assembly has cleared the way for UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care to jointly create an airport authority, which will be charged with locating, building and operating a new airport to replace the field at Horace Williams.<\/p>\n<p>The authority provisions, woven into a bill that authorizes various university system construction projects, require approval by the UNC System Board of Governors for the university and the health care system to set up an authority. Once set up, the authority would have the right to acquire property, condemn land and construct an airport facility.<br \/>\nThe bill was held up briefly while Senate and House negotiators settled on language that limited where such an authority could be set up. The Senate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s version of the bill was much broader, allowing other institutions in the UNC system to set up airport authorities. But House negotiators led by Orange County representatives Verla Insko and Bill Faison managed to maintain language the House adopted specifying that the new airport authority should be limited to Orange County.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nAn amendment offered by Faison during House debate states that, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153An airport established under this Article may only be established in Orange County. The sole purpose of the authority is to re-site Horace Williams Airport and operate the re-sited aircraft.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Under the rules, the new authority would consist of 15 members, including one recommended by the speaker of the House, one recommended by the president pro tem of the Senate, eight members recommended by the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees and approved by the UNC System Board of Governors, three members appointed by the county board of commissioners and two members appointed by municipalities.<\/p>\n<p>Another section of the legislation authorizes $17.7 million in funding for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cogeneration and Steam Infrastructure Improvements and Expansion\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and allows UNC-Chapel Hill to proceed with construction and financing for a landfill-gas utilization project. University and Orange County officials completed an agreement this spring on a plan to use gas from the Eubanks Road landfill to fuel a cogeneration plant on the Carolina North property. During community discussion on Carolina North last year, university officials said they would like to develop a cogeneration plant at Carolina North and identified a potential site in the center of the property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Landfill gas facility for Carolina North also part of bill by Kirk Ross Staff Writer The General Assembly has cleared the way for UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care to jointly create an airport authority, which will be charged with locating, building and operating a new airport to replace the field at Horace Williams. 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