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Urban Growth's threat to Miramar
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"Urban Growth"
STATEMENT OF
LIEUTENANT GENERAL EDWARD HANLON, JR.
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
COMMANDING GENERAL
MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY READINESS
Many of the encroachment issues (noise, airspace, endangered species, frequency encroachment, and environmental regulations) result from, or are subsets of, population growth and urbanization. As communities grow toward the boundaries of ranges and installations, land use incompatibilities emerge. These incompatibilities can compromise the health, safety, and welfare of both military and civilian sectors. Often, residents file lawsuits against military installations with the goal of reducing installation operations (such as aircraft operations or weapons firing) because they feel these operations have impacted the value, or restricted the use of, their property. When land use conflicts emerge, the military often loses operational efficiency, operational capacity, and future mission flexibility."
"As a result of the relocation, the Marine Corps now conducts more flight operations, in a smaller geographic area with a higher population density. This situation is a source of on-going noise complaints and friction with the local community and will not likely abate in the future."
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"Airport Authority’s Scheme for Miramar Airport Would Be Disastrous"
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Keep The Airport Where It Is
Assemblyman George Plescia
"The effect of a new 24-hour-a-day International Airport in the middle of our community would destroy the quality of life that we work so hard to protect. Unfortunately, that’s just what some misguided bureaucrats are attempting to do: locate a new International Airport at Miramar."
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| "Urban Development...Impacts Operational Effectiveness, Training, and Readiness Missions" |
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JOINT LAND USE STUDY
PROGRAM
Office of Economic Adjustment
Department of Defense
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"MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM G. BOWDON III"
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Buffer Acquisition
MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM G. BOWDON III
"Through last year’s Defense Authorization Bill, Congress granted the authority to military departments to partner with non-governmental organizations, and State and local governments to acquire land adjacent or proximate to military installations to prevent incompatible development, and to preserve habitat that may eliminate or relieve current or anticipated environmental restrictions that could interfere with military training, testing or operations."
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| Competitors Preventing Encroachment |
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Northwest Florida Greenway: 100 square miles of open space stretching from the Apalachicola National Forest and waters of the Gulf of Mexico to Eglin Air Force Base, was purchased in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense and The Nature Conservancy. This historic collaboration represents the most ambitious use to date of the Congressional authority provided to the U.S. Department of Defense approving partnerships with states and nonprofit conservation organizations to preserve habitat and reduce encroachment on military operations. "This groundbreaking partnership affirms Florida's resolute commitment to the environment and our nation's military,” said Governor Bush.
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