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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:01:53 -0500
From: p.enrich@neu.edu
To: lex-tmma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [lex-tmma] Rescheduled Hanscom ESPR Hearing

As many of you are aware, last Thursday's scheduled public
hearing on MassPort's draft Hanscom Environmental Status
and Planning Report  was postponed, due to the
extraordinary turnout of many hundreds of concerned
citizens.  The hearing room, with seating capacity for some
200 people, was hopelessly inadequate to accomodate the
crowds.  So, it was decided to reschedule the hearing until
a more adequate space was available.

The rescheduled hearing will take place next Tuesday, Nov.
19 at 7 PM at the Bedford High School Auditorium.  The High
School is located on Mudge Road, which is off of the Great
Road (4/225) just beyond the Bedford town center and fire
station, and just before the fork where Rt. 62 heads off
toward Concord.  Please note that the hearing has been
scheduled to begin at 7, not 7:30, in light of the high
volume of anticipated public comment.

The huge turnout at last week's hearing sends a terribly
important message to the environmental regulatory agencies,
to MassPort, and to our elected representatives (including,
among others, Gov.-elect Romney and the Congressional
delegation).  It appends a gigantic exclamation point to
all of the substantive and procedural concerns that will
ultimately be raised at the hearing.  We need to continue
to send this message about the breadth and depth of
community concerns about MassPort's reckless expansion of
Hanscom.  So, I hope that all of you who came last week
will be back next Tuesday, along with many more.

Finally, please note that the Town of Bedford, in
anticipation of large crowds next Tuesday, has made two
requests of those who attend:  First, they ask you to
car-pool whenever possible, since parking is likely to be a
problem.  Second, they encourage those who can to arrive
early (say, 6:15 or 6:30) to allow for an orderly flow of
people and vehicles and for a prompt start of the hearing.

I look forward to seeing many of you at the hearing.

-- Peter Enrich