Public likely to join officials in talks over BRAC impact

Howard and Anne Arundel officials are creating a planning group that is expected to include the public on decisions to handle the impact of the job influx at Fort Meade.

Officials have refashioned the Meade Transportation Zone, a five-mile planning radius around Fort Meade to deal with road and transit issues, to include other factors the Base Realignment and Closure process will have on the region, such as housing, public safety and health services.