[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Central South Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Development Encroaches on Local Military Bases
Study Will Recommend Ways to Curtail Effects

by Al Dozier
Columbia Free Times (SC)
August 18-24, 2009

Military and civilian communities in the central Midlands are trying to 
be good neighbors, but they might need some separation to continue 
getting along well.

As new neighborhoods sprawl closer to military bases, disturbances arise 
such as thunderous sounds of fighter jets taking off from McEntire Air 
National Guard Station, situated along rapidly developing Garners Ferry 
Road a mere 18 miles or so east of Columbia.

Conversely, soldiers trying to use night vision equipment at Fort 
Jackson find that it doesn’t always work well because of lighting in 
subdivisions near the metro-area base.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.free-times.com/index.php?cat=1992912064022708&ShowArticle_ID=11011808092101864

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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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