Superior Court Judge Temporarily Blocks Purchase of Land for Spaceport Camden
A Superior Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing Camden County from purchases a 4,000 acres tract from Union Carbide to construct Spaceport Camden.
The order also scheduled an interlocutory hearing on a permanent restraining order for the purchase for 9:30 a.m. Jan. 5. Paul Harris and St. Marys council member James Goodman, who oppose the spaceport project as a waste of money, requested the restraining order on behalf of themselves and about 4,000 other county voters who signed a petition seeking a referendum on the purchase of the property.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued Spaceport Camden a site operator’s license Monday. But without the property the project is defunct.
The county’s option to buy the land from Union Carbide expires Jan. 13 unless it’s extended, as it has been previously. The probate court has 90 days from the filing of the signed petitions on Dec. 14 to vet the signatures and hold a special election. Petitioners are seeking to delay the purchase until the vote can take place.
The spaceport is being designed to support small satellite launch vehicles.
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The usual and expectable delaying tactics. But I suspect the opponents of Spaceport Camden are in for a shock on election day if this issue actually is put to a vote.