Springfield Area Being Considered for FBI Headquarters
Officials from Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford counties met in Arlington to discuss six potential sites Thursday.
Local, state and congressional leaders met Thursday in Arlington to discuss six potential sites for a new FBI headquarters and to present a unified front in their commitment to landing the new federal complex somewhere in Northern Virginia. Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, who called the meeting, said leaders from Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford counties had a "singular focus" in bringing the FBI headquarters to the Old Dominion. One of the six locations being considered is the Fairfax County's preferred location, a federal warehouse near the Franconia-Springfield Metro Station. Elected officials were also briefed on five other potential sites — in Herndon, at Dulles Airport, at Fort Belvoir, in Dumfries, at Quantico and at. "…
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MSandyDogg
12:42 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
I'd prefer to see the FBI stay in DC -- it is the federal city. But, if Moran is correct that a majority of the FBI workers live in Virginia, locating the HQ in a good location in Vrginia (e.g., away from Tysons, near a Metro) potentially diminishes traffic, rather than increases it. (Workers would be going to against traffic flow, not taking transportation into DC.) Further, locating in Maryland… more ›