[CPEO-IRF] Metro to Ft. Meade (MD)?

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ulman Pushes Metro Extension to Ft. Meade
Transportation Upgrades Are Top Priority as Post Expands, Executive Says

By Amit R. Paley
Washington Post
January 25, 2007

Howard County Executive Ken Ulman has begun lobbying state and federal 
officials to support a multibillion-dollar extension of Metrorail's 
Green Line to accommodate expected growth at Fort George G. Meade over 
the next decade.

In an interview after his first meeting with the post's commander, Ulman 
(D) said that expanding the transportation infrastructure is the main 
challenge to absorb Fort Meade's major expansion.

More than 5,000 workers are expected to come to Fort Meade as part of 
the Pentagon's plan to reorganize military bases, a process known as 
base realignment and closure. Builders and county planners are bracing 
for a flood of new residents and the challenges that growth will present.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/24/AR2007012400868.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
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