[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Langley Air Force Base (VA) "clear zone"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City seeks public ownership of land around Langley AFB

By David Macaulay
Newport News Daily Press (VA)
December 29, 2010


HAMPTON - More than 40 percent of military aircraft accidents occur in 
the safety zones around airfields - also known as clear zones - but the 
one around Langley Air Force Base is by no means clear.

Over the next few years, Hampton will seek to convert 19 parcels of 
privately owned land into public ownership to protect both the base and 
people living and working in the clear zone. Some uses of concern to the 
city and the military include a trailer park, a concrete business and a 
storage business.

The effort will be part of the Joint Land Use Study (JLUS), which was 
drawn up by Hampton, neighboring cities and Langley AFB.

Bruce Sturk, Hampton's director of federal facilities support, said land 
acquisitions already are being considered.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/hampton/dp-nws-langleyafb-evg-20101224,0,1653451.story

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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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