[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Langley Air Force Base (VA) noise

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Jet noise from Langley AFB to be flagged during house sales
Buyers would be notified more prominently about noise issues from 
Langley AFB under proposals in draft Land Use Study

By David Macaulay
Newport News Daily Press (VA)
July 23, 2010

HAMPTON - It's a nightmare scenario for some homebuyers but one that 
happens all too often, planners say.

Buyers view a property over the weekend when all's quiet and later move 
in only to be plagued by jet noise from a nearby military base during 
the week.

Now proposals associated with the draft Joint Land Use Study into the 
future of Langley Air Force Base aims to make sellers more forthcoming 
about the level of jet noise, a move they hope will avoid future 
conflicts in Hampton, Newport News and Poquoson.

Potential future conflicts around the base were outlined by Todd 
Tamburino, a senior planner with the consultants Matrix Design Group, at 
a public meeting in Newport News' Main Street library. It was one of 
three meetings this week for the public to hear about land use issues 
near the Air Force base. Sessions were also held in Hampton and Poquoson.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/hampton/dp-nws-langley-noise-20100723,0,391024.story

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