[CPEO-MEF] Camp Pendleton (CA) truck stop?

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Keep on Truckin' in Oceanside

Commentary by JOE MARTIN
North County Times (CA)
July 18, 2007

Each day thousands of trucks use Interstate 5 between Los Angeles County 
and San Diego. Yet, there's no truck stop, and the truckers need one. 
Southern California coastal land has been developed and become so 
expensive that there'll never be a truck stop unless drastic action is 
taken now. The good part is there's an easy solution that could be a 
real money-maker for Oceanside. The perfect spot for this truck stop is 
just north of Oceanside in the tomato fields.

The bad news is this land is controlled by Camp Pendleton, and with the 
military's view on encroachment, Oceanside will not get control of this 
property without serious negotiations. Actually, the truck stop would be 
in the military's best interest but I'm sure they wouldn't look at it 
this way when first approached.

...

For the entire column, see
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/07/19/opinion/commentary/18_58_097_18_07.txt

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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