The federal government has built a one billion dollar office complex in Virginia to house some 6,400 Pentagon workers that are to be moved soon. It’s a beautiful new office complex that rises like a mountain next to Northern Virginia’s I-395. But there are a few little problems.
There is no parking for one thing and for another, even if there was a parking lot for 6,400 workers, there are no roads to GET them there!
That’s right, there is no access that won’t cause tremendous traffic jams for the area. Worse, there aren’t any bus or Metro train stops anywhere near the building so workers cannot even take advantage of the Washington area’s extensive public transportation network to get to their new offices.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/28446This birther/Conservative blog(rag) was mocking the government for spending $1billion on a building that no one can get to.
The building was built by the, to them, great sacred cow of Republican economics - the Department of Defense.
Even worse it was ordered under the Bush regime.
Even better it was all done one private contract.
Location: Alexandria, Va.
Owner: The Dept. of the Army, on behalf of the Dept. of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services
Developer: Duke Realty Corp., Indianapolis
General Contractor-Towers: Clark Design-Build, Bethesda, Md.
General Contractor-Sitework and Garages: Shirley Contracting Co., Lorton, Va.
Construction Management: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District
Architect: HKS Architects, Washington, D.C.; Wisnewski Blair & Associates, Alexandria, Va.; Studios Architecture, Washington, D.C.
Start Date: January 2009
Completion Date: September 2011
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http://midatlantic.construction.com/midatlantic_construction_projects/2010/0601_MarkCenter.aspA great example of Republican waste. And these people want to control the budget again?
Republicans
Republicans never fail to waste money when it comes to their contractor buddies in the military. Spending on people - no, no, no.