[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Airfield buffer zones in southern Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Municipalities around Langley asking for state money for land

By Robert Brauchle
Newport News Daily Press (VA)
April 6, 2012

HAMPTON - Localities throughout Hampton Roads have purchased hundreds  
of acres bordering military air bases to minimize the potential  
damage from crashes, such as the one that occured Friday afternoon in  
Virginia Beach, on the surrounding communities.

Peninsula officials have actively pushed to create a larger safety  
zone to the south and west of Langley Air Force base as a way to  
buffer development from encroaching into the landing and takeoff area  
around the base.



Langley is home to the U.S. Air Force's 1st Fighter Wing and the  
480th Intelligence Wing.



A Joint Land Use Study finalized in 2010 by the four localities  
bordering Langley recommends spending about $12 million to purchase  
31 acres to extend Langley's buffer zone. Hampton and Newport News,  
as well as Poquoson and York County have all asked for state and  
federal money to purchase those parcels.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/hampton/dp-nws-langley- 
response-20120406,0,236953.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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