One hundred seventy-five thousand. That is the other relevant number.

As in the $175,000 road improvements to Hawfield Road will cost in order to satisfy an agreement between the whitewater park and neighbors. As in $100,000 from Char-Meck Utilities (??) and $75,000 from NC DOT.

As in public money being roped into paying for a supposedly private, non-profit development gold mine of a whitewater center. As in we’re doomed.