[CPEO-IRF] Concord Naval Weapons Station (CA) plans for closure

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Concord plans for station closure

By Ryan Huff
CONTRA COSTA TIMES (CA)
August 2, 2005

If the inland portion of the Concord Naval Weapons Station closes later
this year, massive home developments and office buildings will not
sprout up overnight.

While Concord officials envision adding 33,000 residents and preserving
about half the land for open space, the public could have considerable
influence on what goes where through a citizen advisory committee.

In its first extensive meeting on the topic, the City Council tonight
will lay out plans on how the planning and building process would work
over the next three decades.

The 5,170 acres on the east edge of town represents one of the region's
largest chunks of suburban land primed for development. And the city
would like to see construction start within the next five years.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/12281468.htm

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org
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