[CPEO-IRF] Fentress Field (VA) and the Oceana conditions

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Chesapeake has to deal with encroachment around Fentress Field

Reported by: Natasha Barrett
WVEC-TV 13 (Hampton Roads, VA)
August 25, 2005

Va. Beach isn't the only city trying to meet the demands of the BRAC
Commission. 

Chesapeake also has been told to stop developing land near Fentress
Field. The airfield has one 8,000-foot runway equipped to simulate an
aircraft carrier flight deck. It sits about seven miles southwest of NAS
Oceana and is used by Oceana jets. 

While the area around Fentress isn?t as densely populated, new homes are
being built. So, the city has to prove they can protect the rest of the
open land. 

In the southern part of Chesapeake, you hear construction crews working
by day and Navy jets zooming by day and night. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.wvec.com/news/military/stories/wvec_local_082505_ches_development_brac.ab821bb6.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>
http://www.cpeo.org
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