[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Camp Williams (UT) and surrounding cities seek funding

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Camp Williams, surrounding cities seek funding to avoid encroachment

By Morgan Jacobsen
Deseret News (UT)
Octobert 24 2014

SALT LAKE CITY — Noise, light and vibrations are just a few reasons  
not to live near military training grounds. Housing development,  
however, is getting closer and closer to Camp Williams.

In fact, some developers in the area use the camp as a selling  
feature for prospective homeowners looking for a view with open  
space, according to Maj. Gen. Jeff Burton of the Utah National Guard.

But it isn't just the prospect of being nuisance neighbors that has  
Guard officials worried.

"The problem is there are homes right up on the border of Camp  
Williams already over in the Rose Canyon area, which has got a lot of  
combustible material, (like) oak brush," Burton said at a Veterans  
and Military Affairs Commission meeting Thursday. "When fires do  
start … now that there are houses so much closer, the response time  
for firefighters is much reduced before those fires get to housing  
areas."Camp Williams, surrounding cities seek funding to avoid  
encroachment



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For the entire article, see
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865613847/Camp-Williams- 
surrounding-cities-seek-funding-to-avoid-encroachment.html

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