[CPEO-BIF] DC stadium project

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Land Sale Possible To Fund Stadium
Development Could Help Cover Project Overruns

By David Nakamura and Thomas Heath
Washington Post 
December 28, 2005


District officials are considering selling development rights on land
adjacent to a baseball stadium to the Washington Nationals' new owner or
development companies as a way to help cover potential cost overruns on
the ballpark project, D.C. Council members said yesterday.

The proposal is part of an effort by Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) to
win more support for a critical stadium lease agreement between the city
and Major League Baseball. Council members have expressed concern about
the rising costs of the stadium project.

...

Some members fear that construction crews will find significant
environmental contamination at the site, which is largely industrial.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/27/AR2005122701221.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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