[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: "Residents near Oceana [Naval Air Station, VA] staying put after jet crash"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Residents near Oceana staying put after jet crash

By Mike Hixenbaugh
Virginian-Pilot
June 4, 2012

VIRGINIA BEACH - Roaring fighter jets don't bother Walt Hines. The 57- 
year-old Oceana Gardens resident sat in his front yard Tuesday as a  
seemingly unending line of F/A-18D Hornets screamed less than 200  
feet overhead. One passed by every 90 seconds or so, with engines so  
loud they rattled windows and blocked out the shouts of children  
playing nearby.

...

"It was frightening, but the crash didn't really change anything,"  
Reid said. "We always knew it could happen. And we know it could  
happen again. I wouldn't expect a rush of people lining up to sell  
their houses."

The option is there, however. Since 2007, the city has spent more  
than $63 million to purchase and clear nearly 500 homes and 60  
businesses near Oceana as part of its ongoing effort to reduce  
density in accident-potential zones immediately surrounding the  
master jet base. The state funds half the program.

Elizabeth Chupik, an associate city attorney who administers the  
voluntary program, thought there might be a surge of new applicants  
following the April 6 crash. It hasn't happened, she said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://hamptonroads.com/2012/06/residents-near-oceana-staying-put- 
after-jet-crash


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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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