[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Robins Air Force Base (GA) buffer

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bibb is close to buying more land as Robins buffer

BY THOMAS L. DAY
Macon Telegraph (GA)
September 6, 2009

Bibb County officials claim they are close to purchasing about a dozen 
properties in the south portion of the county, the latest development in 
a long-term effort to protect the northern approaches of Robins Air 
Force Base from encroachment.

A collection of interests - the Bibb County Commission, the Greater 
Macon Chamber of Commerce and a handful of ad hoc economic development 
organizations - have cooperated to purchase properties through the 
Central Georgia Joint Development Authority, which helps coordinate 
development across Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe and Twiggs counties.
Chip Cherry, president and CEO of the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce, 
estimated that the sales could go through as early as an "October time 
frame." He estimated the sales could total about $1 million.

Proponents of the purchases have argued that clearing the area north of 
Robins is necessary to prevent noise injuries among residents. They have 
also argued that the Department of Defense will frown on "obstructions" 
of the air field the next time the issue of Base Realignment and Closure 
arises.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.macon.com/197/story/834415.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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