The majority of speakers addressing Saline County commissioners Tuesday night did not want to see a motocross track approved for the Prairie Harbor Golf Course west of Salina, and they had multiple reasons why.

Their homes and property would suffer from the extra noise from the motorcycles and ATVs, traffic on Interstate Highway 70 adjacent to the course would be put at risk from dust raised, and the added traffic to and from the facility could be hazardous to children attending nearby Ell-Saline Elementary School, just south on Halstead Road.

Richard Rassmusen, 1927 N. Halstead, told commissioners it doesn't make sense that because a group of motocross enthusiasts want the track, that their desires should carry more weight than him and other homeowners in the area who are strongly opposed.

"Does that condemn me to the rest of my life owning that house that I can't go outside because of the noise?" Rassmusen asked. "They're not going to tell me I'm not going to hear the noise." The majority of speakers addressing Saline County commissioners Tuesday night did not want to see a motocross track approved for the Prairie Harbor Golf Course west of Salina, and they had multiple reasons why. Their homes and property would suffer from the extra noise from the motorcycles and ATVs, traffic on Interstate Highway 70 adjacent to the course would be put at risk from dust raised, and the added traffic to and from the facility could be hazardous to children attending nearby Ell-Saline Elementary School, just south on Halstead Road.

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