[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "No cost" bill and South Weymouth (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Federal bill could mean "no cost" transfer for Weymouth air base
If Delahunt bill passes, it could get ball rolling

By Jack Encarnacao
Quincy Patriot Ledger (MA)
June 23, 2009

WEYMOUTH —
A bill making its way through Congress could jumpstart the long-delayed 
development of the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station.

The legislation would expedite the transfer of more than half the base 
land from the Navy to the local development agency and ultimately to a 
developer who has proposed building nearly 2,800 homes, 2 million square 
feet of commercial space and a movie studio in a development called 
SouthField. It would be the largest and most influential development 
project of the decade on the South Shore.

The proposed law has been passed by the House armed services committee. 
It would take away the Navy's ability to consider the fair market value 
of its property in determining how it is transferred. The bill, 
co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, D-Quincy, is expected to 
come before the full house for a vote as early as this week.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.patriotledger.com/business/x965828760/Federal-bill-could-mean-no-cost-transfer-for-Weymouth-air-base

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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