2008 CPEO Military List Archive

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

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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>
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