[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, REALIGNMENT: Newport Naval Station (RI)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Navy releases Master Plan
Provides a vision for 2035

By Tom Shevlin
Warren Times Gazette (RI)
August 6, 2008

NEWPORT - After more than 16 months of purposeful planning and community 
input, the Navy has formally released its long-awaited and 
much-anticipated Master Plan.

Calling for the disposition of eight major parcels totaling 384 acres 
along the west side of Aquidneck Island, the plan paints a sweeping 
vision for both the Navy and the island's three municipalities.

"This is a big deal," said Naval Station Newport Commanding Officer 
Capt. Michel Poirier.

From improving the base's traffic flow, to incorporating 
environmentally friendly design elements and demolishing a swath of 
antiquated buildings, the plan lays out what the 1,397 acre base might 
look like in 2035.

The overall goal is to establish Newport as a hub of Naval research and 
educational excellence.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.eastbayri.com/detail/76779.html

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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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