[CPEO-MEF] REALIGNMENT, TRAFFIC: IG questions Army's Mark Center traffic studies, Alexandria, VA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

IG: Army improperly chose Alexandria location for BRAC building

By ANDY MEDICI
Federal Times
April 21, 2011
The battle over the controversial new Army administrative  
headquarters building in Alexandria, Va., may be heading to court.

Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., unveiled a new Defense Department inspector  
general report that concludes the Army failed to perform adequate  
environmental assessments before choosing the building's location,  
and he said the report is the foundation for a lawsuit.

"We feel that given the time frame, the best recourse is legal  
action," Moran said.

The Army plans to have the 6,400-employee facility up and running by  
Sept. 15, the deadline for all Base Realignment and Closure Act  
consolidations.

The April 19 IG report calls into question an earlier Army finding  
that said the impact to traffic in the area would not be significant.  
The new report recommends the Army conduct a new "more technically  
robust, stand-alone traffic impact analysis" and re-evaluate its  
transportation management plan.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20110421/ 
FACILITIES02/104210302/1027/FACILITIES

To downlaod the Department of Defense Inspector General's report, go to
http://www.dodig.mil/Inspections/PDFs/BRAC133_FinalReportPackage.pdf

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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