[CPEO-MEF] Air cargo at former AF bases

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cargo flights drive wedge between Sacramento-area cities

CONVERTED BASES: Like Inland's March, Mather in Sacramento County faces 
protests over noise.

By JIM MILLER
Riverside Press Enterprise (CA)
January 3, 2005

RANCHO CORDOVA - Airborne Express Flight 1408 floated above a cluster of 
auto-salvage yards before touching down at Mather Airport near 
Sacramento recently.

Motorists and workers nearing the end of their shifts hardly seemed to 
notice as the Boeing 727 rumbled overhead that afternoon.

It's a different story to the east, where community leaders and some 
residents of nearby foothill communities complain that noise from 
descending planes has disturbed meals and sleep.

The dispute evokes the ongoing debate surrounding the decision by 
shipping giant DHL - which merged with Airborne Express last year - to 
open a regional hub at March Air Reserve Base near Moreno Valley.

Mather and March have much in common: They are both former Air Force 
bomber bases, set amid booming housing markets, that are recruiting 
air-cargo carriers to jump-start economic development after military 
downsizing.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_mather03.58a20.html


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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