2007 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 5 Oct 2007 15:36:56 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Maryland cost sharing
 
Funding BRAC growth at issue
State studies options for getting private developers on bases to share cost

By Timothy B. Wheeler
Baltimore Sun (MD)
October 5, 2007


The O'Malley administration is reviewing its options for getting private developers on military bases to share the costs of highway upgrades and other infrastructure needed to accommodate growth, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown said yesterday.

Speaking at a base-realignment planning meeting in Annapolis, Brown said private developers winning long-term leases from the Army and other military services to build offices, laboratories, hotels, restaurants and stores on bases in Maryland need to "shoulder their responsibility" for handling the off-base traffic generated by their projects.

The lieutenant governor said administration officials are reviewing the law to see if the state government can seek payments from private developers on military bases for such impacts on surrounding communities.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.ar.brac05oct05,0,5885825.story

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