[CPEO-IRF] The Ft. Monmouth (NJ) challenge

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

BRAC closing offers challenges to communities, developers


BY RICHARD DORRIER
Asbury Park Press
December 27, 2005

After months of public hearings, study and research (not to mention 
nonstop lobbying), the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure list is now a 
matter of law. Land developers and homebuilders are beginning to eye the 
bases picked for decommissioning as tempting development opportunities.

Nearly 200 facilities have been selected for closure or realignment, 
including Fort Monmouth. Decommissioned bases can offer unique 
development potential for communities as well as opportunities for 
developers and builders that understand the complexities of base reuse 
to jump into the process early.

But the challenges are also evident: environmental contamination, 
inadequate infrastructure, buildings that aren't up to code and, 
occasionally, unexploded weaponry that must be dealt with. Most bases 
need substantial reconfiguration to become suitable for private 
development. Before being decommissioned, bases must first be "normalized."

...

For the entire column, see
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051227/OPINION/512270303/1030/POLITICS

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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
http://www.cpeo.org
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