[CPEO-MEF] Fort A.P. Hill (VA) encroachment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[It appears that base commanders are now more actively taking part in 
local planning decisions that they believe may affect the military's 
ability to operate or train on their bases. - LS]


A. P. Hill opposes New Post

By GEORGE WHITEHURST
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star (VA)
July 13, 2005

The New Post saga continues, as Spotsylvania supervisors voted last 
night to cancel their public hearing on a county builder's plan for a 
1,500-home mixed-use community.

About 200 people showed up for last night's hearing on New Post, many of 
them sporting stickers emblazoned with the words, "New Post, Yes!"

...

The deciding factor leading to the cancellation of last night's 
scheduled hearing was a letter from Lt. Col. James Mis, the commander of 
Fort A.P. Hill, questioning the project.

...

"The approval of this request and others that would increase residential 
development near the Installation boundary is very likely to have an 
adverse effect on future military training and national security," Mis 
wrote.

...

For the entire article, see
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2005/072005/07132005/114615
--
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


_______________________________________________
Military mailing list
Military@list.cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/military