[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Scott Air Force Base (IL)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Where not to build

By Aaron Sudholt
St. Clair County Journal (IL)
April 8, 2008

As communities boom in the Metro East and cities across St. Clair County 
gear up for new development, county officials are moving to ensure that 
one of the region's greatest revenue sources stays right where it is.

The Joint Land Use Study, commissioned by the County Board and Scott Air 
Force Base in May, has been examining the type of zoning that will be 
permitted around the air base and MidAmerica Airport that will not 
interfere with aircraft coming to and from each.

"We're working in conjunction with the communities that surround the 
base - Lebanon, Shiloh, O'Fallon and Mascoutah," County Board Chair Mark 
Kern said. "We're coming up with an agreed-upon way to control 
development around the base so that it is compatible with the ongoing 
mission at Scott Air Force Base."

The study is aimed at preventing development in each of the neighboring 
communities from encroaching too closely to the air base and airport 
that might make continued use too dangerous.

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For the entire article, see
http://stclairjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2008/04/08/news/sj2tn20080405-0406fhj-jointlanduse.ii1.txt

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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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