Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, December 14, 1993 TAG: 9312140206
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
ROANOKE CITY COUNCIL
Approved sewer rates and bonds for sewage treatment plant: Roanoke will issue
$15.7 million in bonds as its share of the $41.5 million cost for expanding
the regional treatment plant. The other localities' shares are: Roanoke
County, $12.3 million; Salem, $10.5 million; Botetourt County, $1.9 million;
and Vinton, $990,000. Roanoke's sewer rates will increase by 51 percent over
the next three years to repay the bonds. The charge for an average residential
customer using 5,000 gallons of water a month will increase from $6.47 to
$9.80 by 1996.\
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Authorized study for downtown rail-side linear park: Hired Hayes, Seay,
Mattern and Mattern to prepare a concept design for a linear park from the
City Market to the Virginia Museum of Transportation. Mayor David Bowers has
proposed such a park.\
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Discussed possible route for Interstate 73: Agreed to ask the Virginia
Department of Transportation to conduct a corridor study of U.S. 220 from
Interstate 581 to the North Carolina state line for the purpose of developing
a specific plan and schedule for needed improvements.\
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Rezoned for automobile parts center: Approved the rezoning of almost 10 acres
near the Roanoke Regional Airport so a North Carolina-based distributor of
automobile products can move its Roanoke Valley operation from Salem. The
rezoning will permit Heafner Tires & Products to build a 20,000-square-foot
distribution center on Thirlane Road near Valley Court at Interstate 581 and
Hershberger Road interchange.
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