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

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Moran: BRAC Mark Center move must be delayed


By Vyomika Jairam
Federal News Radio
November 22, 2010

The Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) plan that would move 6,400 
Defense Department employees to Alexandria's Mark Center is facing 
another challenge. The Defense Department's Inspector General is looking 
into traffic problems and environmental issues that could be created by 
the move, which is mandated by the Base Realignment and Closure process.

Virginia Congressman Jim Moran told Federal News Radio that he's already 
added language to the Defense Authorization Bill to delay the move. He 
introduced two provisions:

    * capping parking spaces at the new facility at 1,000
    * language requiring that the Inspector General look into the 
process that allowed the Pentagon to move the new facility without any 
transportation infrastructure improvements

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For the entire story, see
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=15&sid=2127779

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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