From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | Tue, 5 Feb 2008 09:43:11 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, REUSE - Pinecastle Range (FL) and "Innovation Way" |
Old bomb-range could stall high-tech corridor plans David Damron Orlando Sentinel (FL) February 5, 2008 Innovation Way, a proposed high-tech job and housing corridor in southeast Orange County, could face higher costs and delays because it is so close to a former World War II-era bomb range where more old rocket and bomb parts were dug up during the weekend. The fear, county staff members warn, is that live explosives and other munition debris could be buried on a 2,549-acre parcel where developers want to build as many as 9,000 residences and nearly 6 million square feet of business space. An attorney for the developers says the property is safe and that more testing will make sure. But Orange County growth officials want the area combed aggressively for debris and future residents informed about what took place near there -- a disclosure the developers oppose. ... For the entire article, see http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-innovation0508feb05,0,6637344.story -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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