[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Lackland Air Force Base (TX) Joint Land Use Study

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Study warns about growth near Lackland AFB

By Sig Christenson
San Antonio Express-News (TX)
December 1, 2010

A new study says some areas north and south of Lackland AFB's runway are 
at risk of noise, light and safety problems from airplanes taking off 
and landing, and it warns that those issues only will worsen.

One solution: creating a district to prevent unchecked development of 
homes and businesses off the north and south sides of the 11,500-foot 
runway. The idea is to stop construction that could interfere with 
flights over the base's "accident potential zone," where a plane is most 
likely to crash.

"About every three years, somebody comes along wanting to build a hotel 
in the accident potential zone," said Mark Frye, who serves on the 
city's Military Transformation Task Force and has been involved in the 
study. "And in every single case, the military has had enough good 
communication with the zoning commission that those requests have been 
denied, but it's been on a case-by-case basis."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/military/article/Study-warns-about-growth-near-Lackland-AFB-851457.php

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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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