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

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army Vows to Move Ahead on Fairfax Pkwy.
Disagreements With Va. Had Put Project on Hold

By Bill Turque
Washington Post
August 31, 2006

A top U.S. Army official pledged today that the Fairfax County Parkway 
would be completed near Fort Belvoir before thousands of new workers 
arrive in 2011 as part of the Defense Department's base realignment and 
closure plan.

Completion of the 35-mile parkway, which connects Route 7 in northern 
Fairfax County to Route 1 in the southeast section, has been in limbo 
because of disagreements between the Army and the state of Virginia.

"I'm confident that wise people can get together and figure how to do 
this," Keith E. Eastin, assistant secretary of the army for 
installations and environment, told a hearing of the House Committee on 
Governmental Reform at Rolling Valley Elementary School in Springfield.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/31/AR2006083100985.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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