[CPEO-IRF] Ft. Belvoir (VA) expansion & transportation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Local residents express concerns at BRAC public information panel


By Kafia Hosh
Belvoir Eagle (VA)
November 23, 2005

Transportation topped the list of concerns raised during a Base 
Realignment and Closure public information panel held Thursday night at 
Walt Whitman Middle School in Alexandria.

The meeting, co-sponsored by the Fairfax County Federation of Citizens' 
Associations and Mount Vernon Council of Citizens Association, was a 
discussion on how thousands of new employees on the installation will 
affect the surrounding community, especially traffic flow.

About 40 local community members attended the meeting. Panelists 
included Gerry Hyland, Mount Vernon district supervisor; Lee Marshall, 
Fort Belvoir’s BRAC implementation team leader; Virginia Department of 
Transportation representative Jan Vaughn; and Dan Storck, Mount Vernon 
School Board member.

Hyland said traffic congestion is already a problem on Route 1, but an 
increased personnel population on post can only exacerbate the daily 
gridlock. He emphasized that transportation improvements are necessary 
to help facilitate the commute of this new workforce. He said BRAC on 
Fort Belvoir "cannot work unless those improvements are made. That’s the 
challenge we have and we’re going to meet it."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.belvoireagle.com/archives/2005/NOV/23NOV/brac.shtml

See also 
http://www.belvoireagle.com/archives/2005/NOV/23NOV/teleworker.shtml

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
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