Plans For Roosevelt Roads

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Plans For Roosevelt Roads Don?t Measure Up, Say Environmentalists

Objections raised to proposed residential area, hotel, and marina

By JOHN MCPHAUL
April 22, 2004
CARIBBEAN BUSINESS (PR)

The Department of Economic Development & Commerce?s (EDC) plans for
former Naval Station Roosevelt Roads include the preservation of
mangroves and the creation of protected areas for recreational use, but
environmental groups say not enough attention is being paid to
environmental concerns or the interests of the Ceiba community.

Of the 8,000 acres, 1,250 acres of mangroves would be set aside for
preservation, and another 3,000 acres inland would be preserved for
recreational use.

Environmental groups, however, said the agency has released too little
information concerning plans for the land. Moreover, what information
has been released contains elements that are environmentally objectionable.

Initially, the EDC forwarded a proposal that included developing a
1,200-acre science park and a 500-acre coastal residential area that
would also include businesses, restaurants, hotels, and a marina.

Sarah Peisch of environmental group Environmental Action Center said no
development should be considered until a coherent plan has been drafted.
"It shouldn?t be a simple crapshoot deciding who gets what services and
who gets what facilities. Nothing should happen until an integrated
development plan is drawn up," she said.

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for the entire story, see
http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2004/vol8n17/CBPlans4RR.shtml

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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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