[CPEO-MEF] Former Pinecastle Jeep Range (FL)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

'Boom' could be a bad thing for Orange County's Innovation Way
Officials say the chance of old bombs won't halt a tech corridor.

Jeannette Rivera-Lyles and David Damron
Orlando Sentinel (FL)
June 28, 2006

Ambitious development plans for an "Innovation Way" corridor in 
southeast Orange County have hit a snag with the belated realization 
that the area could be riddled with buried bombs and other explosives 
from a World War II-era testing range.

Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty said he learned only in the past week 
about a bombing range that once operated on some of the land near the 
BeachLine Expressway that he is pushing to become home to high-tech 
businesses and new upscale neighborhoods.

The Army Corps of Engineers says it's likely that the former 12,483-acre 
Pinecastle Jeep Range has unexploded ordnance and chemical 
contamination. The corps has informed the county it will begin 
conducting soil tests in October. Crotty said he found out about the 
range only after inquiries by the Orlando Sentinel late last week.
...

For the entire article, see
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/custom/growth/orl-mbombs2806jun28,0,6464192.story?coll=orl-news-growth-headlines

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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