[CPEO-IRF] Army wants Letterkenny Depot (PA) land back

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army wants more land at depot: 235 acres was to be returned for business 
use after '95 BRAC

By Jim Hook
Chambersburg Public Opinion (PA)
October 11, 2006

A decade after the 1995 base closure commission ordered Letterkenny Army 
Depot to give up more than 1,000 acres, the Army wants some of its land 
back.

Col. Robert Swenson, Letterkenny commander, has asked the Letterkenny 
Industrial Development Authority to give up its claim to about 235 acres 
of former Army land.

The land represents security to the Army and cash to the public 
authority building a business park:

- The Army wants to build a secure and permanent home for Letterkenny 
headquarters and computer operations. The construction would require 
tens of millions of federal dollars, as yet not appropriated.

- LIDA is developing the Cumberland Valley Business Park on the former 
Army land. Land sales finance utility improvements and new road 
construction. The 235 acres are worth $4.7 million to $8.2 million.

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For the entire article, see
http://publicopiniononline.com/localnews/ci_4473450

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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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