2004 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 19 Oct 2004 02:09:50 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Devens housing and UXO
 

New Devens housing awaits clearance on unexploded weaponry at Grand Road DEC deliberates future need for taxation

By C. David Gordon
Groton Landmark (MA)
October 15, 2004

DEVENS -- MassDevelopment officials have said that delay of a plan to build new housing on land off Grant Road came about through the need to first implement new guidelines for affordable housing.

Another reason was voiced this week.

The Devens Enterprise Commission (DEC) learned from MassDevelopment Vice President for Community Relations Meg Delorier that the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requiring further testing for unexploded ordnance (UXO) on a 130-acre site located within the Grant Road area where the housing project is to be located.

In the 1930's, the Grant Road area had been used as an impact area for a weapons firing range and the proposal to use it for residential housing triggered the requirement for testing.



for the entire article, see
http://www.grotonlandmark.com/Stories/0,1413,107~5178~2469916,00.html

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