[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Langley Air Force Base (VA) base "clear zone"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hampton spends nearly $3 million for Langley base "clear zone"
City creating 'clear zone' for base

By Robert Brauchle
Newport News Daily Press (VA)
January 26, 2014

HAMPTON - The city has started buying properties just west of the  
Langley Air Force Base runway to protect people in the event an  
aircraft falls short of its intended target.

Hampton has spent $3.36 million using state and city dollars to buy  
properties within an area known as the Langley "clear zone," Hampton  
Director of Federal Facilities Bruce Sturk said.

The city has appraised 17 parcels owned by 10 cooperative property  
owners. The city bought two properties and officials are finishing  
contracts on three other properties.

City officials are negotiating with the owners of at least nine other  
properties, according to a city news release. Eminent domain is not  
being used to obtain the land.
...

For the entire article, see
http://articles.dailypress.com/2014-01-26/news/dp-nws-hampton-langley- 
properties-20140127_1_langley-air-force-base-langley-afb-clear-zone

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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
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