[CPEO-IRF] Willow Grove (PA) meeting

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hundreds have base concerns

By MELISSA BUSCH
The Intelligencer (PA)
April 25, 2007

The more than 200 people who packed Horsham's community room Tuesday had 
plenty of questions about a state proposal to turn the Willow Grove 
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base into a regional security hub, but 
the locals responsible for overseeing the base's redevelopment had few 
answers.

Residents had a laundry list of concerns including the specifics of the 
plan, how it will affect the values of their homes and their quality of 
life, who pays the estimated $12 million annual bill to maintain the 
8,000-foot runway, and will the airstrip have to be opened up to cargo 
aircraft including those used by FedEx and UPS to pay for it.

"The last thing we want is commercial use of that airport," resident 
Michael Blasek said. "We did not move here to have 100 planes a day 
flying over our houses."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/113-04252007-1336092.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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