[CPEO-MEF] REALIGNMENT: Mark Center, Alexandria, Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tempers flare over Alexandria BRAC project

By David Sherfinski
Washington Examiner (DC)
December 29, 2009

Alexandria officials are fuming about the Army's plans to relocate 6,400 
military workers to the city's Mark Center, while staffers try to plan 
for the anticipated crush of traffic.

The employees are transferring under the federal government's Base 
Realignment and Closure plan, which mandates the relocation of thousands 
of military employees nationwide by September 2011.

State and local officials recently said the site was not viable for 
commuters and that relocating the workers to the Victory Center site on 
Eisenhower Avenue would have been more feasible. A General Services 
Administration warehouse site in Fairfax County also was being considered.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Tempers-flare-over-Alexandria-BRAC-project-8679875-80235162.html

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Lenny Siegel
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