Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday that prevents Camden County for now from closing on the purchase of the 4,000-acre Union Carbide tract where it intends to build a spaceport.
The order also scheduled an interlocutory hearing on a permanent restraining order for the purchase for 9:30 a.m. Jan. 5. Paul Harris and St. Marys council member James Goodman, who oppose the spaceport project as a waste of money, requested the restraining order on behalf of themselves and about 4,000 other county voters who signed a petition seeking a referendum on the purchase of the property.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued Spaceport Camden a site operator’s license Monday. But without the property the project is defunct.
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