Army opts to build smaller housing in Vicenza

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Army opts to build smaller housing in Vicenza
By Kent Harris, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Plans to build a large housing community for U.S. soldiers in the Vicenza, Italy, area have been scrapped in favor of a handful of smaller groupings, the Army has confirmed.

The Army had previously negotiated a deal with a contractor to build a 215-home subdivision in the suburb of Quinto Vicentino. But that plan ran afoul of regional zoning laws, according to Kambiz Razzaghi, director of the Transformation Construction Management Office at Caserme Ederle.

"Yes, (Quinto) is dead," he said Thursday.

Recently, Italians who oppose the U.S. use of the Dal Molin airfield have been demonstrating against American projects and events around the area. But the decision not to build the subdivision was not for political reasons, Razzaghi said.

The U.S. has received approval to build barracks and offices for the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team on Dal Molin.


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