[CPEO-IRF] Fairfax County Parkway, Ft. Belvoir (VA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

At an Impasse Over Va. Parkway's Missing Link
Disagreement Between State, Army Delays Completion of Key Fairfax Road

By Timothy Dwyer
Washington Post
August 27, 2006

The long-awaited completion of the Fairfax County Parkway is on 
indefinite hold because of a disagreement between the state of Virginia 
and the U.S. Army over who should build it.

The problems are related to old ordnance and other debris that need to 
be removed from a two-mile stretch of highway that runs through the 
Engineer Proving Ground at Fort Belvoir. The Army expected to finish 
clearing the site last year, but more contamination was found than 
expected, and it is now unclear when the cleanup will be done.

Virginia officials said they are prohibited by state law from building 
the highway until the site is environmentally sound. They will still pay 
for the road, but they want the Army to build it -- and they want it 
done soon, before thousands of workers are shifted to the area over the 
next five years as part of the Defense Department's base realignment and 
closure (BRAC) plan.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/26/AR2006082600670.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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