Prince William Times 05/15/19

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A TIME WHEN HEROES STEP UP: The Cedar Run and Cardinal District playoffs are in full swing. Page 7

May 15, 2019 | Vol. 18, No. 17 | www.princewilliamtimes.com | 50¢ Covering Prince William County and surrounding communities, including Gainesville, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan, Quantico and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.

Time’s running out on General’s Ridge County to close money-losing golf course May 19 By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

After standing guard for 23 years over long drives, strategic chips and countless careful putts, General’s Ridge Golf Course in Manassas Park will host its final foursomes this week-

end in the wake of a decision to shutter the county-owned course, which has operated in the red for years. The Prince William Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday, May 7, to close the 18-hole course through a deal with the City of Manassas Park, from which the

county had leased the 270-acre, 18hole course since 1994. The last day of play on the golf course will be Sunday, May 19. As part of the deal, the supervisors agreed to pay the Manassas Park $489,212 to extract the county from its 33-year-lease, which did not expire until 2027. See GENERAL’S RIDGE, page 2

Supervisors mull $600 million in bonds for new parks, road projects By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

Bond possibilities: Projects included in a proposed $200 million parks bond referendum that could be put to voters in November include: a $21.6 million indoor field house, top left, an $84 million indoor track complex, like this one at Liberty University, top right; a $42 million aquatic and fitness center, bottom left, and a $6 million “amenity rich” park, modeled after the Gathering Place park, bottom right, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The projects are slated for the Brentsville, Occoquan, Woodbridge and Neabsco districts, respectively. INSIDE Calendar.............................................10 Classified............................................12 Lifestyle................................................9

Does Prince William County need a new indoor aquatics and fitness facility? A new indoor field house with soccer and football fields? How about an $84 million indoor track complex? Those are among the projects that could be part of a $600 million bond issue the county board of supervisors could ask voters to approve in the Nov. 5 election. After months of behind-the-scenes chatter about a possible bond issue, the supervisors and the community got a first glimpse last week of the projects that could be part of the initiative. The list includes seven park projects and 11 road projects. The 18 are scattered around the county, with a few items in each of Prince William’s seven magisterial districts. The road projects include grade-separated intersections at some of the county’s most congested choke-points: Prince William Parkway and Minnieville Road; Gordon Boulevard and Va. 123; and Va. 123 and U.S. 1. Also included are plans to widen some major thoroughfares and create brand new ones. See BONDS, page 4

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