HUD says 15 workers won't move into new OKC federal building

<br>(Oklahoma City-AP) -- The US Housing and Urban Development says 15 employees will not move into Oklahoma City's new federal building. <br><br>HUD says it will move into the new building during

Wednesday, March 10th 2004, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

(Oklahoma City-AP) -- The US Housing and Urban Development says 15 employees will not move into Oklahoma City's new federal building.

HUD says it will move into the new building during the weekend and begin work there Monday.

The 15 who declined to move will remain at HUD's current office on Main Street in Oklahoma City. They'll work three days a week at the office and two days from their homes.

Several employees say they don't want to move into the new building because it's near the Oklahoma City National Memorial and the site where the Alfred P- Murrah Federal Building stood. 35 HUD employees were killed in the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Building.

But HUD employees Robert Roddy and Michael Reyes say they look forward to working in the new, stronger and more secure federal building.

Both were inside the Murrah Building at the time of the bombing.