Extra, Extra
Extra, Extra
Extra, Extra
Extra, Extra
Early Addition
The other day, Senators Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton were thrilled with securing $18.55 million in funds to build an Army Reserve Center complex on Staten Island. However, today the Staten Island Advance reports it's improbable the complex will be built on Staten Island: "The Army Corps of Engineers has told the Advance that the three-building training complex for 300 Reservists likely will be built in Caven Point, N.J., in Hudson County, because there wasn't enough federal land available to accommodate the project here." The S.I. site thought to be appropriate turned out to be...a flood plain. Schumer's office "insisted" to the Advance that the center would be built on S.I., since the funding is for S.I. Stay tuned!
add to digg
add to stumble upon
add to reddit
email this
add to facebook
add to del.icio.us
Sorry Hill and Chuck, no kickbacks for you.
"turned out to be...a flood plain." And how much did it cost to originally plan the site? Duh. Most insurance companies have flood plain maps. Why didn't they just call up the local State Farm agent?
Actually, the flood plain maps are produced by the government. They only had to call FEMA, or go online...
FIRMs for SI
Goddamnit can anyone explain why links only work 50% of the time?
Should have kept the land for Naval Station New York in Stapleton after cancelling that project instead of handing it over to the city.
Just a heads up, there's no town of Caven Point. It's in Jersey City and located just down the road from the super fancy Point Liberte development.