Posts about Barbara Favola

A little relief on BRAC: DoD has extended the deadline for BRAC moves, relieving some of the pressure from the looming mandate to move tens of thousands of employees from Metro-accessible office buildings to the transit-poor Fort Belvoir. Jim Moran has been fighting the rules that force many agencies that aren't big terrorist targets to move to buildings set back 82 feet from the street or more, which prohibits most urban locations. Arlington Chair Barbara Favola says there are lots of other ways to make buildings secure besides putting them in unwalkable areas. (WBJ) (Comment)

HOT tempers in Virginia: Alexandria officials are weighing their options for HOT lanes. Residents oppose the lanes, but aren't sure they want the city to join Arlington's suit. Some don't like the environmental justice argument in the suit, which points out that the HOT lanes would disproportionately affect Arlington's lower income and minority neighborhoods. Alexandria may ask the state delegates to do something; Sen. Patsy Ticer says the project is "already dead," but once a line gets drawn on a map, dead projects have a way of coming back (see: ICC). Fairfax and Arlington heads Sharon Bulova and Barbara Favola (who look oddly alike in these pictures) will meet to discuss the issue. Pat Herrity is really angry Arlington doesn't want to let itself get paved over, both here and on I-66. (Gazette Packet, Sun Gazette, Centre View) (Comment)

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