[CPEO-IRF] Maryland expansions and infrastructure

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Influx of defense jobs puts onus on localities


By Robert Salonga
Baltimore Sun
December 21, 2005

WASHINGTON -- It was good news last month when Congress officially 
approved plans to send thousands of defense jobs to Maryland's two 
largest military installations, but before the economic boost is toted 
up, the adjacent communities must find a way to build and pay for 
infrastructure expansions.

Anne Arundel County's Fort Meade and Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford 
County are fast-tracking preparations for an estimated total job 
increase of 7,500, the growth resulting from base closures in 
surrounding states.

Under the Defense Department's base plan, the changes -- additions of 
about 5,300 military personnel at Fort Meade and 2,200 at Aberdeen -- 
must be initiated within two years and completed within six. The first 
deadline is no problem, but six years is a relative sprint considering 
what is needed to handle the additional thousands in families, 
businesses and contractors expected to follow the relocated workers.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/howard/bal-ho.brac21dec21,1,6842352.story?coll=bal-local-howard&ctrack=1&cset=true

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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
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