[CPEO-MEF] REALIGNMENT: Middletown (CT) reserve center

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Put Army Base On New Britain Brownfield

Opinion by CATHERINE JOHNSON
Hartford Courant (CT)
July 27, 2008

It seems everyone has gotten the message about smart growth planning 
these days - except the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Army's 
attempts to locate a new reserve training center in Middletown have gone 
from one bad site to another. Unless someone intervenes, this will be a 
disaster.

The first site selected last October for the proposed 
273,000-square-foot training facility was a 40-acre meadow better suited 
to conservation in the city's Maromas section, a largely undeveloped area.

In June, after near unanimous opposition, the Army backed off and found 
a new site, an 88-acre piece of industrially zoned land off Middle 
Street in the city's Westfield section. But the new site has met with 
staunch opposition from Westfield residents, who cite problems with 
water pressure, traffic, wetlands and fire protection and say the site 
offers little economic benefit. They are right.

...

For the entire column, see
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/commentary/hc-plcjohnson1.artjul27,0,1181271.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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