[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Opposition to airport at Willow Grove, PA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[In 1996, when the power-that-be attempted to open up Moffett Field  
(CA) to civilian air cargo, our community was told, "Once an airport,  
always an airport." But looking around the country, it turned out  
that many suburban Navy/Marine air stations were not opened up for  
civilian use and that a number of them were permanently closed. For  
the Moffett story, see http://www.cpeo.org/pubs/mofle.html. - LS]





Anti-Airport Sentiment Takes Flight

Hatboro-Horsham School Board approved a resolution opposing runway  
use at the Willow Grove air base.


By Theresa Katalinas
Hatboro-Horsham Patch (PA)
May 2, 2011

The Hatboro-Horsham School Board joined other local officials in  
opposing a future airport at Willow Grove air base by passing a  
resolution Monday night.

The board, which applied for 60 acres of the 1,100-acre base property  
to build a future school, followed Horsham, Warminster and Montgomery  
townships in officially saying no to airport use at the property.

The military installment, which is scheduled to leave the base for  
good by Sept. 15, ceased its flying operations last month.

Horsham resident Dennis Mulligan, who heads a grassroots group of  
more than 500 residents committed to keeping the airstrip closed for  
good, urged the board to send letters to the Bucks and Montgomery  
county commissioners, as well as state and federal officials.  
Mulligan also asked the board to distribute information to parents  
concerning the purported dangers of an airport, particularly related  
to the proximity of several Hatboro-Horsham schools.

...

For the entire article, see
http://horsham.patch.com/articles/anti-airport-sentiment-takes-flight

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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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