[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Truman Waterfront, Key West Naval Air Station (FL)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Truman site needs contaminant cleanup


By SEAN KINNEY
Key West Keynoter (FL)
August 4, 2010

City officials are waiting for the results of environmental testing as 
development plans for the 33-acre Truman Waterfront parcel are crafted.

The land at the end of Southard Street was given to the city in 2002 as 
part of the U.S. Navy base closure program. Since then, projects 
including a mega-yacht marina, affordable housing, amphitheater and even 
a water park have been pitched, although none have gained much traction 
or made any concrete progress.

Based on nearly a decade of public input, residents of the Southernmost 
City have made clear their desire for the area to be preserved as 
passive park space -- 66 percent, based on city documents. But at least 
one piece of the land, some of which was used for heavy marine- and 
industrial-related activities, might not be suitable for recreation due 
to contaminants including lead and PCBs.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.keysnet.com/2010/08/04/244525/truman-site-needs-contaminant.html

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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