[CPEO-IRF] South Weymouth (MA) reuse plan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Abington, Rockland and Weymouth must OK the reuse plan for the former
Naval Air Station for it to pass

By Elaine Allegrini
Brockton Enterprise (MA)
June 17, 2005

Mark Chirokas is raising his children on the Abington street where he
grew up, but he says Spruce Street is not the same as it was 30 years
ago and never will be again.

"We as kids could play street hockey in the street, you obviously can't
do that now," he said.
Chirokas and others expect even more traffic on Spruce Street when the
former South Weymouth Naval Air Station is developed.

"It's just going to be horrendous," said Jackie Ranous, a 35-year
resident of Spruce Street.
But Chirokas said he is likely to risk more traffic for local control of
a proposed plan for 2,855 housing units and 2 million square feet of
commercial space on the 1,405-acre parcel that straddles Abington,
Rockland and Weymouth.

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For the entire article, see
http://enterprise.southofboston.com/articles/2005/06/16/news/news/news02.txt

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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