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BOC Opposes Inclusion in VA Land Use StudyThe Currituck County Board of Commissioners adopted a Feb. 15, 2010 resolution to oppose North Carolina's inclusion in a land use study completed for the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. The Hampton Roads Joint Land Use Study (HRJLUS) was completed in 2005 in partnership by the U.S. Navy and the Virginia cities of Chesapeake, Hampton and Virginia Beach. Neither Currituck County nor other North Carolina localities were invited to participate or consulted within the study process. A goal of the study, stated in the document's Executive Summary, is to "explore opportunities to reduce noise impacts on communities surrounding NAS Oceana, NALF Fentress and Chambers Field while accommodating necessary growth and maintaining regional economic sustainability." One of the study's recommendations is the pursuit of an additional Outlying Landing Field in North Carolina. The land use recommendations of the Final HRJLUS were passed into law by the Virginia General Assembly on March 30, 2006. One of the Navy's proposed sites for a new Outlying Landing Field is in the Hale's Lake area on the border of Currituck and Camden counties. A total of five sites are currently being studied by the Navy. The Board of Commissioners have officially opposed construction of an OLF in northeastern N.C. since adoption of an official resolution on Oct. 15, 2007. View the Board of Commissioners resolution here . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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