Buckroe Beach master plan to be reconsidered
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10:17 AM EDT on Friday, September 16, 2005
Associated Press
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) -- Hampton City Council has agreed to reconsider the master plan for Buckroe Beach, a small victory for residents trying to keep development at bay.
Over developers' objections, the council early Friday voted to reconsider the plan, which in part called for condos on the beach. The change is ensure that future private development at the site of nearby Fort Monroe will blend with the area's revitalization efforts.
One group -- called the Green Space Gals -- has been lobbying against the condo plans. Mayor Ross Kearney has denied that council's vote is related to the protests. He says Hampton might lack the money to try to spark development at both the beach and the Army base after it closes.
Kearney says the city will continue moving forward with some parts of the Buckroe plans, especially a commercial fishing pier to replace the one destroyed by Hurricane Isabel two years ago.
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