Cleaning Up Asbestos May Clear the Way for a Calif. Mountain View
Monday, March 30th, 2009Taking in beautiful vistas, stargazing, hiking and biking are all activities Silicon Valley residents may soon be able to enjoy thanks to mounting political pressure to clean up a former Air Force radar station atop Mt. Umunhum.
The former Almaden Air Force Station, closed since 1980, is now a ghost town of 88 abandoned buildings contaminated with asbestos and lead paint. The Army Corps of Engineers, Representative Mike Honda and the new district general manager are working together to get funding from Washington to remove the buildings and to open a small visitor center.
Plans for trails and land usage are being finalized and should be released by early 2010. The goal is to open up 80 percent of the site for the public to enjoy the 3,486-foot peak towers rising above South San Jose and Los Gatos.
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