RDU picks Texas developer to transform Lake Crabtree park into massive recreation campus

Raleigh-Durham International Airport is in the early stages of working with the Texas developer Pacific Elm Properties to build an outdoor recreation complex on the former Lake Crabtree County Park.

Why it matters: The future of the Lake Crabtree County Park at 1400 Aviation Pkwy. in Morrisville has been particularly controversial after the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority decided to redevelop land that had once been leased to the county and was especially popular with mountain bikers.

  • The airport says new rules from the Federal Aviation Administration mean that airports must lease land at…

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