Ending an 8-year, $54 million planning effort, the former marine base in Orange County, CA will be sold for parks and development.
"Burying any chance of an airport at the closed El Toro Marine base, the Navy said Tuesday that it will sell the sprawling Orange County property for parks and other limited development... The decision also dashes the hopes of regional planners, who saw a new airport at El Toro as both an economic stimulus and a way to take the pressure off other Southern California airports... That puts even more focus on last year's 25-year forecast for regional airport growth, compiled by the Southern California Assn. of Governments, which attempted to spread 167 million annual passengers among 11 regional airports."
Thanks to Gwenn Hilburn
FULL STORY: Navy Sinks Last Chance of Airport at El Toro

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