[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Langley Air Force Base (VA) buffer zone proposal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hampton wants state help to buy land around Langley AFB

By David Macaulay
Newport News Daily Press (VA)
December 7, 2011

HAMPTON – The City of Hampton is likely to seek $6 million in state  
assistance to buy land around Langley Air Force Base to protect the  
base from another round of possible defense closures.

If successful, the city also would have to come up with $6 million in  
matching funds.

The request is contained in Hampton's draft of its 2012 request for  
legislation from the state. The package has not been finalized.

Laura Bateman, the city's lobbyist, outlined the request for property  
in the "safety zone" around the base at the Oct. 26 city council  
meeting. More than 40 percent of military aircraft accidents occur in  
the safety zones around airfields, also known as clear zones.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/hampton/dp-nws-langley-land- 
deal-20111207,0,2720349.story

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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