BRAC shift heightens traffic concerns in southern Fairfax, Fairfax Times, May 11, 2010

A possible cautionary tale for Reston, although our growth is not being driven by outside forces.

Only one road to be completed before defense workers are relocated

by Kali Schumitz | Staff Writer

When thousands of Department of Defense workers are relocated to Fort Belvoir next year, only one new road in southern Fairfax County will be ready to accommodate them.

The final section of the Fairfax County Parkway, which provides access to the former Engineer Proving Ground, now known as Fort Belvoir North, will be completed on schedule. That area is set to house about 8,500 employees from the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency in a new office complex.

But there is no relief in sight for the already congested Route 1 corridor in the Alexandria section of the county. . . .

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