Reactions to announcement; the future of the Horizon Center land?
Oakridger
Oak Ridgers are reacting to the news that developer H.E. “Rusty” Bittle now plans to put a proposed motorsports park in a different East Tennessee community than Oak Ridge.
Reactions from city, opponents, proponents
Explaining his reasoning for opting out of placing a motorsports park at the Horizon Center in west Oak Ridge, Bittle stated in his announcement that the U.S. Department of Energy sent a letter to the city Industrial Development Board last week stating that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and mitigation would be needed if Bittle decided to use the area for a motorsports park, which he had wanted to do. The additional testing, Bittle stated, could cost more than $7 million and take three to four years to complete, with no guarantees that final approval would be received for the project. The IDB or the motorsports park would have had to pay the cost, the news release stated. Althou