[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Robins Air Force Base (GA) buffer zone

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bibb property owners in base encroachment area now in limbo

By MIKE STUCKA
Macon Telegraph (GA)
February 21, 2011

A lack of cash to buy south Bibb County properties near Robins Air  
Force Base is leaving dozens of property owners in limbo.

Just seven of 125 properties in high-noise areas or a potential crash  
zone have been bought from interested owners, said Chip Cherry,  
president of the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce. He estimated it  
would take about $7 million to buy most of those properties, plus  
more money to remove the homes that threaten the base’s future in the  
event of another base realignment and closure (BRAC).

But the area this year will likely see $200,000 to $500,000 in  
federal funds, plus another $200,000 from Macon and Bibb County, said  
Chan Layson, project manager for the Central Joint Development  
Authority, which is trying to remove the homes. The authority has  
created a process to buy the homes, evaluate and remove asbestos and  
demolish the structures.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.macon.com/2011/02/21/1459057/bibb-owners-in-base- 
encroachment.html#

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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