YOU WILL FIND IT IN STORES
STARTING THURSDAY.
THEY RELEASED THEIR FIRST BEER,
A COFFEE FLAVORED IPA, BACK IN
MAY.> THE LATEST NOW ON UBER.
IT IS LOOKING OUTSIDE THE CITY
OF PITTSBURGH FOR A NEW TEST
TRACK.
UBER ALREADY HAS A TEST TRACK
IN THE CITY.
AND HAZELWOOD.
AND THEN THERE ARE THE OFFICES
FOR ITS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
GROUP IN THE STRIP.
IT IS NOT JUST UBER USING
PITTSBURGH AS A HUB. SOUTH
FAYETTE IS THE NEXT POTENTIAL
TESTING GROUND.
Reporter: THIS IS THE FORMER
CAMPBELL AIRPORT IN SOUTH
FAYETTE TOWNSHIP.
OFFICIALS TELL ME IT HAS BEEN
VACANT FOR YEARS, BUT MAYBE NOT
FOR LONG.
THIS PROPERTY IS NOW IN THE
RUNNING TO BE A FUTURE TEST
TRACK AND MORE FOR UBER.
THE SITE IS 400 ACRES ON
MILLERS RUN ROAD IN SOUTH
FAYETTE TOWNSHIP.
IT IS THE FORMER CAMPBELL
AIRPORT.
A PUBLIC HEARING SIGN IS POSTED
ON THE OVERGROWN PROPERTY.
UBER IS CONSIDERING IT AS A
POTENTIAL LOCATION FOR A FUTURE
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TEST TRACK
AND RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
PARK.
THE COMPANY SAYS IT COULD MEAN
HUNDREDS OF JOBS.
I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
Reporter: REPRESENTATIVES
FROM UBER PRESENTED A PLAN TO
THE SOUTH FAYETTE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS LAST WEEK AND
CHANNEL 11 LEARNED ANOTHER
MEETING IS PLANNED FOR
SEPTEMBER 11.
THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER AND PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN THE AREA TOLD ME IT
IS REALLY EXCITING.
BUT I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA.
IT IS GOING TO CREATE JOBS
IN THE AREA.
THAT IS A BENEFIT TO EVERYBODY.
Reporter: IF THE PROJECT
GOES THROUGH, IT WOULD MAKE
UBER ONE OF THE LARGEST
EMPLOYERS IN SOUTH FAYETTE.
