[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Virginia budgets for buffer zones

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Budget could include $2.4 million for encroachment

By Kathy Hieatt
Virginian-Pilot
February 26, 2015

Concerned about protecting Virginia's military assets, lawmakers are  
moving toward including $2.4 million in the state budget to reduce  
urban encroachment around two Hampton Roads airfields.

If approved this week, the budget amendments would allocate money to  
buy land around the Navy's Fentress Auxiliary Landing Field in  
Chesapeake and Langley Air Force Base in Hampton. The efforts are  
modeled after Virginia Beach's program to reduce encroachment around  
Oceana Naval Air Station.

With the economies of Hampton Roads and Virginia heavily dependent on  
military spending, state and local officials worry another round of  
base closures could threaten the bases, particularly if encroachment  
is not addressed.

Reducing density around the airfields can provide a buffer in the  
event of a fighter jet crash, like the one that occurred in Virginia  
Beach in April 2012, and has been a priority for the Navy and Air Force.

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For the entire article, see
http://hamptonroads.com/2015/02/budget-could-include-24-million- 
encroachment

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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