[CPEO-MEF] Hunter Airfield (GA) encroachment editorial

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hunter dodges bullet
Applaud Chatham County commissioners for protecting Hunter Army Airfield 
from residential encroachment.

Editorial
Savannah Morning News
October 24, 2006


CHATHAM COUNTY commissioners should be applauded for knowing the 
importance of the military to Georgia's economy.

Last Friday, commissioners approved a land-use plan that protects the 
future of Hunter Army Airfield from residential encroachment. The action 
came after owners of 900 acres in Rockingham Farms area, just west of 
the airstrip at the Army installation, tried to clear the way for 
potential home construction.

Commissioners wisely said no. Allowing houses to be built within a noise 
and accident zone would have hurt Hunter and its sister installation, 
Fort Stewart, in future rounds of base closures across the country. It 
would have jeopardized the estimated $1.4-billion annual economic impact 
that the military has in this region.

Property owners tried to argue that eliminating the residential option 
was a wrongful "taking" of value.

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For the entire editorial, see
http://savannahnow.com/node/163479

--
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
http://www.cpeo.org

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