[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Georgia buys homes for Robins Air Force Base buffer

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State buys more than 100 Houston County homes for RAFB encroachment

By MIKE STUCKA
Macon Telegraph (GA)
January 31, 2015

WARNER ROBINS -- Georgia became one of Houston County's biggest  
landlords by buying more than 100 houses, mobile homes and apartment  
units that could threaten the future of Robins Air Force Base.

But the land buys aren't moving fast enough for some local politicians.

The state is handling property purchases in north Houston County. The  
goal there is the same as a regional effort in south Bibb County:  
using local, state and federal money to buy houses in noisy areas  
near Robins Air Force Base, then demolishing them. That lowers the  
population density and reduces the threat of what’s called  
encroachment, which could be a critical factor in another Base  
Realignment and Closure Commission process.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.macon.com/2015/01/31/3562002/state-buys-more-than-100- 
houston.html#

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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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