Posted Jun 5, 2012, 6:19 AM
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http://www.statesman.com/news/local/...inglePage=true
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F1 track owners will pay for fire, EMS, law enforcement during race weekend
By Patrick George and Mary Ann Roser
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 10:28 p.m. Monday, June 4, 2012
Published: 8:24 p.m. Monday, June 4, 2012
When the U.S. Grand Prix Formula One race arrives here in November, it will come with one of the largest emergency and traffic management operations ever in Travis County, public safety and hospital officials said.
Most of the costs for protecting the drivers and the public — likely to total hundreds of thousands of dollars — will be covered by Circuit of the Americas, the racetrack's owner, officials said.
About 120,000 people are expected to descend on southeastern Travis County for the race Nov. 16-18. A few hundred more firefighters, paramedics, law enforcement officers and hospital employees are expected all three days as well.
A veritable emergency room is being built on-site, with plans for nine ambulances at the facility as well as a STAR Flight helicopter.
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Formula One site construction, 06.05.12
http://galleries.statesman.com/galle...uction-060512/
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