[CPEO-IRF] Encroachment at transfered Williams Air Force Base (AZ)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Boeing, officials discuss housing dispute

Art Thomason
The Arizona Republic
December 15, 2006

Just days before an expected City Council vote, Boeing Co. officials 
moved closer to an agreement with a developer that wants to build 3,000 
homes next to Williams Gateway Airport.

Boeing officials and Mesa Councilman Scott Somers said both sides made 
concessions but still have issues to work out before a final agreement 
can be reached.

...

Boeing says the project would place homes too close to the airport and 
hamper the aerospace company's test flights. Executives said Thursday 
that the company could be forced to leave Mesa, taking along 4,700 jobs, 
if the airport is threatened by encroaching development like this 
subdivision.

...

FOr the entire article, see
http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/1215brk-boeing1215-ON.html

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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