[CPEO-MEF] FUDS: Former Almaden Air Force Station (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Progress toward cleanup, opening of trails at Mount Umunhum

By Stephen Baxter
San Jose Mercury New (CA)
May 17, 2010


It will be at least three years before Silicon Valley residents can hike 
and enjoy the panoramic view at Mount Umunhum, but federal officials 
announced in mid-May that the former Air Force base near south San Jose 
is on track to open.

The former Almaden Air Force Station - known for its cubed radar tower 
visible to much of San Jose on a clear day - recently received $3.2 
million from the federal government to help clean it up and open new 
trails and facilities. Roughly 25 buildings are likely to be demolished 
at the summit of Umunhum, and it will cost $11.5 million to remove the 
buildings and the plan and construct new trails and facilities.

U.S. Reps. Mike Honda and Zoe Lofgren helped secure the recent 
contribution to the project, and public meetings to plan new public 
facilities on the mountain are expected to start in late summer.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/los-gatos/ci_15104251

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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