[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Groton Submarine Base (CT) buffer purchase

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

State to help towns buy land bordering sub base

Jennifer McDermott
The Day (CT)
April 25, 2012

Groton - The state plans to help local municipalities buy land around  
the Naval Submarine Base so development will not encroach on the  
base’s operations.

State Sen. Andrew Maynard, D-Stonington, and State Reps. Tom  
Reynolds, D-Ledyard, and Elissa Wright, D-Groton, said the purpose of  
the state's investment, in conjunction with the towns of Groton and  
Ledyard, is to enhance the military value of the base so that it will  
not be closed in a future round of base closings.

"We want to ensure that the sub base remains here in Groton for a  
long time to come and that means doing all we can to enhance the  
quality of the base and its value to the military," Maynard said in a  
statement. "At present, the base is boxed in on all sides. This added  
land would provide a buffer between the base facilities and  
neighboring properties, which is an important part of the scoring  
matrix used by the military to assess bases and make closure decisions."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.theday.com/article/20120425/NWS01/120429765/1047

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