[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: El Toro (CA) -- "How long will Great Park take to build?"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

How long will Great Park take to build?

By JEFF OVERLEY
Orange County Register (CA)
October 6, 2011

IRVINE – Anyone unhappy with how far the Orange County Great Park has  
come in six years might want to brace for something that's not made  
clear very often – no matter who's in charge, it could be decades  
before the project is finished.

That's because regardless of how much money the park has, and  
regardless of how efficiently that money is spent, there are  
practical constraints on the pace of design, approvals and  
construction – a reality every public-works endeavor faces.

"The truth is, great metropolitan parks are decades-long projects,"  
said Beth Krom, chairwoman of the Great Park board.

Complicating matters are the obstacles inherent in converting the  
scarred landscape of the old El Toro Marine Corps station into the  
sort of pristine recreational wonderland envisioned by Irvine's leaders.

"You have to understand how a military base is built – it's not  
master-planned," said Cliff Wallace, Great Park Corp. deputy chief  
executive, who predicts a timeline of roughly 20 years.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.ocregister.com/news/park-320729-great-years.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>
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