2009 Revisited: Mark Warner on BRAC’s effect on NoVa traffic

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2009 Revisited: Mark Warner on BRAC’s effect on NoVa traffic

Sen. Mark Warner fills us in on a Northern Virginia traffic study on the effects of BRAC in the region.

Federal News Network Staff

December 30, 2009 10:31 am

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We continue our look back at some of this year’s more interesting interviews.

This time we look at the Defense Base Realignment and Closure process (BRAC).

Senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb of Virginia introduced an appropriations measure that directs a transportation study of improvements needed to accommodate growth and traffic.

Sen. Warner, who is the former governor of Virginia, filled us in on the study and what he is doing to get more federal funding for the project.

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