Base realignment traffic fixes unlikely: Army

Shortfalls in funding could prevent needed road improvements from being put in place before 22,000 new military jobs move to Fort Belvoir, the U.S. Army acknowledged in an impact statement on the move released on Friday.

The statement validates, to a degree, the chief complaint of local officials who are scrambling to prepare for the Pentagon-sized work force moving to the base by 2011. Fairfax County supervisors have warned that the move, part of federal Base Realignment and Closure mandates, will swamp the local road network.