[CPEO-MEF] REALIGNMENT: Middletown (CT) reserve-guard site chosen

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Army Corps Chooses 88-Acre Site In Middletown For Training Base

By JOSH KOVNER
Hartford Courant (CT)
June 11, 2008

MIDDLETOWN - The Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday it has chosen an 
88-acre site at Middle Street and Boardman Lane in the city's Westfield 
section to build a huge regional training base for Army Reserve and 
Connecticut National Guard soldiers.

That was good news to residents and preservationists who wanted to keep 
the base out of the environmentally sensitive Maromas section of the 
city and a surprise to city officials, who had expected the corps to 
choose a site off River Road, near an existing power plant and another 
plant that is being constructed.

Mayor Sebastian Giuliano and Planner William Warner said Tuesday that 
the corps' choice of 218 Boardman Lane raises traffic concerns. They 
said they didn't want to see a heavy stream of military vehicles passing 
through a residential neighborhood.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.courant.com/news/local/mr/middletown/hc-midarmy0611.artjun11,0,6929871.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
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