http://stoptitan.org/northern-new-hanover-kids-get-schooled-near-titan/ Concerned Cape Fear Citizens Coming Together Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:59:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://stoptitan.org/northern-new-hanover-kids-get-schooled-near-titan/#comment-2063 A Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:17:52 +0000 http://stoptitan.org/?p=75#comment-2063 I am finding all these stories and issues very difficult to swallow. We moved to Wilmington just this year and after an exhaustive search for school and home settled in Porters Neck. Both, for the schools (as we knew them to be at the time) and the area. It appears that all that we has changed and will continue to change right under our noses. We asked all the right questions, researched the School Board information and looked seriously at district and zoning lines. NONE of this - Titan nor the planned redistricting were brought to our attention. We have now, physically and mentally, invested in our new community and feel at bit betrayed by system that is supposed to support its residents. Between Ttian and the anticipated growth at GE - I agree traffic is yet another mess to consider. I am finding all these stories and issues very difficult to swallow. We moved to Wilmington just this year and after an exhaustive search for school and home settled in Porters Neck. Both, for the schools (as we knew them to be at the time) and the area. It appears that all that we has changed and will continue to change right under our noses. We asked all the right questions, researched the School Board information and looked seriously at district and zoning lines. NONE of this - Titan nor the planned redistricting were brought to our attention. We have now, physically and mentally, invested in our new community and feel at bit betrayed by system that is supposed to support its residents. Between Ttian and the anticipated growth at GE - I agree traffic is yet another mess to consider.

]]> http://stoptitan.org/northern-new-hanover-kids-get-schooled-near-titan/#comment-422 Alexander Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:12:32 +0000 http://stoptitan.org/?p=75#comment-422 Oh, I forgot to add the coal and coal combustion products (180,000 to 220,000 tons/year per TItan), possible use of scrap tires per Titan, and any limestone mined off site. Add all this up over just one year and it makes a gigantic mess of Castle Hayne traffic and quality of life. Over fifty years....... Oh, I forgot to add the coal and coal combustion products (180,000 to 220,000 tons/year per TItan), possible use of scrap tires per Titan, and any limestone mined off site. Add all this up over just one year and it makes a gigantic mess of Castle Hayne traffic and quality of life. Over fifty years…….

]]> http://stoptitan.org/northern-new-hanover-kids-get-schooled-near-titan/#comment-416 Alexander Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:19:31 +0000 http://stoptitan.org/?p=75#comment-416 Titan plans to use rail traffic for a significant portion of its transportation needs. It can be assumed that huge amounts of raw material (possibly fly ash from the Sutton Power Station) and finished product (cement) will be transported using the existing rail line in Castle Hayne which crosses Holly Shelter Road near the new schools. Citizens must assume the worst because Titan has refused to meet concerned citizens in a public forum, even though Titan promised the County Commission that the public would be kept informed of everything. What Titan has done instead of having public forums, is to appear before the public only in tightly controlled, extremely limited meetings that do not allow valid questions such as these from the general public. What effect will this tremendous amount of rail traffic have on existing traffic patterns in Castle Hayne? What effect will the endless train horns and crossing signal alarms have on these new schools? What effect will this immense amount of train traffic have on school bus and staff/student safety and traffic flow arriving or leaving school? In addition to the immense amount of rail traffic, what about the flood of industrial size dump trucks needed to maintain the fourth largest cement plant in the nation? Titan plans to use rail traffic for a significant portion of its transportation needs. It can be assumed that huge amounts of raw material (possibly fly ash from the Sutton Power Station) and finished product (cement) will be transported using the existing rail line in Castle Hayne which crosses Holly Shelter Road near the new schools. Citizens must assume the worst because Titan has refused to meet concerned citizens in a public forum, even though Titan promised the County Commission that the public would be kept informed of everything. What Titan has done instead of having public forums, is to appear before the public only in tightly controlled, extremely limited meetings that do not allow valid questions such as these from the general public. What effect will this tremendous amount of rail traffic have on existing traffic patterns in Castle Hayne? What effect will the endless train horns and crossing signal alarms have on these new schools? What effect will this immense amount of train traffic have on school bus and staff/student safety and traffic flow arriving or leaving school? In addition to the immense amount of rail traffic, what about the flood of industrial size dump trucks needed to maintain the fourth largest cement plant in the nation?

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