High Point Enterprise reports “residents turn out in droves” to a public meeting to address HPU’s plans to close part of Montlieu Avenue to make for the university’s expansion:
HPU representatives say they need Montlieu Avenue closed to public traffic from N. Centennial Street to N. College Drive to accommodate the anticipated 300,000 square feet in new facility space it wants built across from the current western boundary of the campus.
HPU President Nido Qubein said a growing, thriving university will be a boost to the entire city, and the Montlieu site is the only land suitable for the new buildings.
“I am not naive. I do not expect all of you to agree with what I say. All I ask is that you look beyond emotion and look at reason,” he said. “I know that closing Montlieu will cause discomfort. I know people travel down Montlieu constantly, and it will be a terrible inconvenience.”
Pretty incredible that Qubein openly acknowledges the inconvenience to his fellow citizens.
