From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Wed, 19 Aug 2015 22:47:08 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFCs, REUSE: "Contamination still a barrier" at former Willow Grove Naval Air Station (PA) |
Contamination still a barrier at old Montco air base by Jessica Parks Philadephia Inquirer (PA) August 20, 2015 A nearly billion-dollar redevelopment of the former Willow Grove Naval Air Station remains at least a year away, still slowed by last year's discovery of water contamination on the site. At a meeting Wednesday, the Horsham Land Redevelopment Authority (HLRA) said it was amending its purchase proposal and other planning documents to account for the contamination and cleanup. The 862-acre base, selected for closure a decade ago, remains mostly vacant. The authority plans to build homes, offices, stores, a museum, a school, and other facilities on the Montgomery County site. … For the entire article, see http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150820_Contamination_still_a_barrier_at_Montco_air_base.html#YxMadMODgYxhwoyH.99 -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545 Fax: 650-961-8918 LSiegel@cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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