New Gate Opens at Wright Patt

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE COULD OPEN UP NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE GOOD EVENING, I'M KATIE USSIN. AND I'M MARK ALLAN THE NEW GATE 1-A OPENED TODAY.. MARKING A MILESTONE TOWARD THE COMPLETION OF THE STATE ROUTE 4-44 PROJECT. YOU'LL RECALL IT CLOSED IN EARLY OCTOBER.. RE-ROUTING SOME 17-THOUSAND DRIVERS DAILY. THE NEW GATE WILL IMPROVE SECURITY.. AS WELL AS ADD BICYCLE LANES TO ONE OF THE BASE'S MAIN THOROUGHFARES. IT MAY ALSO HELP THE AREA'S BUSINESSES. AS JORDAN BURGESS EXPLAINS IN TONIGHT'S TOP STORY THE GATE MEANS MORE THAN JUST DOLLARS AND CENTS. 3 GATEWAYS NORMALLY MARK NEW BEGINNINGS. BUT THIS ONE ALSO SIGNALS THE END OF A JOURNEY. IT MAKES ME GLAD HE DIDN'T GO THROUGH THIS LIFE UNNOTICED AND UNAPPRECIATED. RIBBON CUTTING WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE DEDICATED ITS NEW GATE THAT'S CONTROL OF THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 444 THAT RUNS THROUGH THE BASE. BUT MORE THAN SECURE AN AREA..THE GATE HAS SECURED A LEGACY. THIS WAS WAY BEYOND WHAT I EVER WOULD HAVE EXPECTED FROM THE AIR FORCE. THE GATE IS NAMED FOR AIRMAN FIRST CLASS NOAH MUONIO. MUONIO WAS KILLED IN AUGUST BY A DISTRACTED DRIVER WHILE RIDING HIS BIKE ALONG 444. TO SHARE WITH US THE LOVE AND HONOR YOU HELD HIM IN WAS A GIFT THAT COMFORTED AND HEALED US. THE NEW ROAD WILL HAVE BIKE LANES TO PREVENT A TRAGEDY LIKE THAT FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN. BUT IT COULD ADD MORE TO THE BASE THAN JUST SAFETY AND SECURITY. IT ALSO PROVIDES ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE FOR NEW MISSION DEVELOPMENT. FAIRBORN LEADERS ARE HOPING FOR SOME DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR OWN ALONG THE NEW ROUTE DRIVERS WILL HAVE TO TAKE WITH 444 NOW CLOSED. WITH REROUTING OF THE TRAFFIC WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO ENTICE BUSINESSES TO TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT THAT AREA OF TOWN. WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THE NEW GATE WILL LEAD TO ISN'T KNOWN. BUT IF IT LIVES UP TO ITS NAME...THINGS WILL BE JUST FINE. THIS GATE IS NAMED AFTER FIRST CLASS AIRMAN MUONIO TO ASSURE HE IS NEVER FORGOTTEN. THEY RECOGNIZED THOSE VALUES AND RECOGNIZED THOSE THINGS IN NOAH AND NOW THEY'VE MEMORIALIZED THEM. JORDAN BURGESS. 2NEWS.