[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, REUSE: Ft. Monroe cleanup costs

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Army: Ft Monroe cleanup at $60M to $70M
Previous estimates put number as high as $700M

WAVY-TV 10 News (VA)
May 7, 2010

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) - It will cost substantially less than expected to 
remove munitions dating to the Civil War and pollutants from moated Fort 
Monroe, the Army estimates.

The estimate is now in the range of $60 million to $70 million. Previous 
estimates put the number as high as $700 million.

The Army is scheduled to leave the historic fort on the Chesapeake Bay 
next year, when Virginia will assume ownership of the post. The Fort 
Monroe Federal Area Development Authority has sketched out a future use 
as a teacher institute that would draw on the post's Civil War heritage.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.wavy.com/dpp/military/Army-estimates-Fort-Monroe-cleanup-at-$60M-to-$70M

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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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