Opposition sinks Balfour Parkway plan in Henderson County
Crowded meetings across Flat Rock Laurel Park Hendersonville and Mills River show strong opposition to a $160 million Balfour Parkway bypass. Residents challenge four lane design and home impacts, leading the Henderson County Board of Commissioners to kill the parkway on May 8 by a 4-1 vote.
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Highland Lake Road
Flat Rock Village
Laurel Park
Hendersonville
Mills River
U.S. 64
Kanuga
Balfour Parkway
I-26
Asheville Highway
County Commission
Bill Lapsley
MPO
State Board of Transportation
Jack Debman
State Transportation Board
Cullowhee
Henderson County
Bill Moss
NCDOT
Clear Creek
Strategic Planning Office of Transportation
Henderson County Board of Commissioners
Board of Transportation
Griffin wins Saluda sheriff race amid critique of McDonald plan
Edneyville native Lowell Griffin defeated incumbent Charlie McDonald in the May 8 primary with 78 percent in Edneyville and victories in three other precincts. Griffin, a Polk County veteran, will maintain most staff and implement a new district patrolling scheme and body cameras for deputies. McDonald left office praising his ethics reform and public trust restoration after a tenure marked by no scandal but opposition to a $24 million training center and shooting range proposal.
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Charlie McDonald
Saluda
Macedonia Road
Raven Rock
Lowell Griffin
Ridge Republicans
Griffin
Edneyville
McDonald
Apple Country
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