[CPEO-MEF] Ft. Wainwright (AK) housing

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ft. Wainwright's needs spurs Fairbanks building boom

By Melissa Campbell
Alaska Journal of Commerce
September 24, 2006

FAIRBANKS - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is spending nearly $700 
million to build nearly 2,000 housing and barracks units at Fort 
Wainwright over the next few years.

The Corps in recent years has spent millions of dollars for housing on 
bases across the state in response to the military's changing missions 
and the need to replace old homes, officials at the Corps said. Nearly 
half of last year's $600 million construction budget went toward housing.

...

But Taku, built by Watterson Construction, ran into some trouble as it 
was nearing completion. Crews uncovered PCBs last year, then this 
summer, came across two World War II-era bombs. PCBs, or polychlorinated 
biphenyls, are highly toxic chemicals that are believed to cause cancer. 
The chemical was used in industrial equipment, but was banned in the 
1970s due to the health effects.

The bombs have been removed and work has resumed in that area. The area 
where the PCBs were found, however, has delayed the completion date 
until possibly as late as 2010.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/092406/hom_20060922004.shtml

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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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