Talking Points on the BRAC Proposal

Traffic and transportation costs would be unbearable for local government and taxpayers to build the needed infrastructure to get people to Fort Belvoir & Fort Meade and even with federal funding, transportation improvements will take at least 10 years to put in place.

The overall cost to the taxpayers and local governments will be significant to pay for all of services that would be needed for the DOD jobs and the related contractors and services. [Water, sewer, neighborhood impacts, transportation, traffic, personnel, etc.]

The move would cause notable “Brain Drain” from federal agencies and contractors and create huge personnel costs as the location would be inaccessible/inconvenient for workers.

The symbolism of the move and the potential for other government offices to relocate could leave the region paralyzed in traffic and empty the Nation’s capital.

Solutions
There are design alternatives to make Crystal City and other in-town locations secure.

There are other locations near the Pentagon to accommodate the workers in leased space in Crystal City.

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