[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: South Weymouth Naval Air Station (MA) delays

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy critical of plans for base
Delays prompt pointed inquiry

By Casey Ross
Boston Globe
May 29, 2009

Frustrated by a lack of progress, the Navy is questioning the ability of 
the public agency overseeing redevelopment of the South Weymouth Naval 
Air Station to complete a deal to buy the air base and proceed with one 
of the state's largest building projects.

A top Navy official on Wednesday sent a terse e-mail to the head of 
South Shore Tri-Town Development Corp., a joint venture of Abington, 
Rockland, and Weymouth, admonishing the agency for failing to answer 
even basic questions about the status of the project, such as whether 
its partnership with a private developer of the base is still valid.

The Navy official also questioned whether Tri-Town has taken any 
meaningful steps to raise the $43 million necessary to purchase the 
remaining 900 acres from the Navy. Tri-Town has already missed a March 
31 deadline to buy the land.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/05/29/navy_questions_plans_at_former_south_weymouth_naval_air_station/

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Lenny Siegel
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