[CPEO-MEF] No airport at Camp Pendleton

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pendleton a bad airport site, say Marines, Oceanside

By: ROB O'DELL
North County Times (CA)
December 7, 2004

OCEANSIDE ---- Military, business and city officials from Oceanside and
Camp Pendleton reacted with a mix of disbelief and wonder Monday to
Mayor-elect Jim Wood's suggestion that serious consideration should be
given to building a new airport on the military base.

Wood said in an interview with the North County Times editorial board
last Thursday that Marine and city officials should study the
possibility of locating an international airport on Camp Pendleton to
replace Lindbergh Field in San Diego, saying that it would benefit both
the base and the city.   

Pendleton officials have opposed for years any notion of building an
airport on the base, saying a passenger airport would interfere with
their training operations.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/12/07/news/coastal/12_6_0420_36_08.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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