Completion of enviromental study clears way for bids to go out on BRAC construction projects at APG
According to a Baltimore Sun story: Now that the environmental impact study has been completed and approved, demolition and construction can get started at Aberdeen Proving Ground in preparation for the estimated 8,200 jobs to relocate there from Fort Monmouth in New Jersey by 2011. The story says building is expected to start next year and the approval clears the way for bids to go out on the $800 million worth of construction projects. According to the story:
"The first phase of construction will include upgrades to infrastructure and the razing of several aging buildings, many of them former barracks converted into offices."
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"During the next four years, the APG will add as many as 8,000 jobs on base and thousands more military, civilian and contractor positions on its periphery. The expansion could bring more than 30,000 people to Harford County, officials said."
The environmental study reviewed the base's impact on traffic and cultural resources as well as:
"... studies of noise pollution, air and water quality, plant and animal life and cultural resources - all reviewed by officials at the Maryland Department of the Environment and the federal Environmental Protection Agency..."
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From the Examiner "... possible long-term degradation of wetlands and the potential loss of historic structures ranging from World War II to the earliest days of Harford County’s settlement, the impact study said."
http://www.examiner.com/a-916879~Construction_may_continue_at_Aberdeen_military_site.html
I thought building on wetlands wasnt allowed
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