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"As outgoing Apponaug league president after eight years, McCaughey has two major concerns."

"“We’re going right next to the airport and what happens in 20 years when it [the airport] wants to expand again?” he asks."

I should think Mr. McCaughey would be more concerned about the fine particulate carbon dust collecting in the players' lungs. The airport is not going to build a runway across the new ballfields ever. But, if Green becomes the larger freight hub projected in the EIS documentation --- then the ball fields - in their new location - would become unfit for human assembly.

The answer is simple. Since RIAC needs to come up with millions to build the glycol plant and millions to solve the safety problems associated with the crosswinds runway, this moving of the ball fields will suck up some of what little cash RIAC has left as its parent EDC is thrown into the garbage heap due to the 38 Studios fiasco. EDC can't even get the relatively small Interstate 195 land buyout bond together - how is what is left of it going to borrow any money for RIAC? By this time (approaching September 30th) EDC/RIAC should be floating the bonds for the glycol plant and the crosswinds runway project. That does not seem to be happening. Hey instead of doing that why not blow some cash on the ball fields?

So, is the moving of the ball fields good news? I think so. It will suck up scarce RIAC cash and put the players in harms way if the wildly optimistic airplane departure counts make the ball fields all but useless. Put the ball fields there. Then protect the players from the pollution associated with increased operations - especially smoke belching freight takeoffs.

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