[CPEO-IRF] Construction at Engineer Proving Ground, Ft. Belvoir (VA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

More Questions than Answers at EPG
With 20,000 Army employees moving to Fort Belvoir, construction at
Engineer Proving Grounds is expected.

By Amber Healy
Springfield Connnection (VA)
February 16, 2006


With more than 20,000 military personnel moving out of Crystal City
within the next five years as a result of last year's Base Realignment
and Closure Commission act, more questions remain than answers as to how
the influx of workers will impact Fort Belvoir. 

One area that may be heavily involved with where these Army employees
may work is the Engineer Proving Ground, an 800-acre parcel of land that
was a former training facility for the Army Corps of Engineers. 

"The Army has allowed Fort Belvoir to include the EPG for the planning
purposes when discussing BRAC," said Supervisor Dana Kauffman (D-Lee). 

The large parcel of land, located just west of Interstate 95 and near
Backlick Road in Springfield has already been discussed as a possible
home for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, which Kauffman
describes as "one of the major security agencies" that have expressed an
interest in building an office complex at the EPG. Another possible
project could be the construction of a 120-bed military hospital to
offset the closing of Walter Reed Military Hospital, he said.

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For the entire article, see http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=62065&paper=72&cat=104

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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