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Article: Roads Will Expand Years After Jobs Start at Fort Meade; School Construction Priorities Adjusted
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- The Washington Post
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- April 14, 2007
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It has been billed as the single largest job expansion in
Maryland since World War II: 45,000 federal and private-sector jobs
generated by the Pentagon's base realignment plan.
But many of the roads that will deliver these new workers to
their jobs at Fort Meade in Anne Arundel County and other bases as
early as 2011 will not expand to meet the new traffic until years
later. The rail lines that could alleviate the traffic are not fully
funded for expansion. The schools in Anne Arundel, Howard,
Montgomery and Prince George's counties that could accommodate new
families will not receive any federal money until the students start
arriving.
Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC -- required by ...