[CPEO-IRF] Military construction and base closure

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[In past rounds, military construction often continued on bases after 
the decision was made to close them. I doubt that the military has 
modified its contracts to eliminate this inefficiency. - LS]

BRAC signals don't come from spending

Ingleside pulls $26.2M in work in past 5 years

By Tara Copp, Scripps Howard News Service
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (TX)
May 3, 2005

WASHINGTON - Don't look to recent military construction to offer many 
clues as to the fate of the Coastal Bend's military installations during 
the next round of base closures.

One of the biggest myths about base closure is that "mil con" saves a 
base, a panel of congressional and defense officials said recently.

But military construction - which is congressional funding to build 
housing, upgrade roads, improve runways or docks - is a vital way to 
build up a base's "military value," which is one of the criteria by 
which a base is measured, they added.

Either way, each of the Coastal Bend facilities has absorbed millions of 
dollars in the past five years to improve housing, airfields and 
administrative facilities.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_3747900,00.html

--
Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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