BVSCA's May 14, 1998, Letter to Chairman Nancy Iacomini,
Arlington Transportation Commission
RE: Draft Regional Transportation Vision for the National
Capital Region
Dear Chairman Iacomini:
This is to advise you that the Ballston-Virginia Square
Civic Association (BVSCA), at its April Membership Meeting, on
April 28, 1998, reviewed and discussed the National Capital
Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) proposed Vision
Statement. Based on our members comments and recommendations
about the proposed vision statement, I drafted on behalf of the
Association, the enclosed letter of
recommendations to Chairman Kathleen Seefeldt, Transportation
Planning Board, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments,
Washington, D.C., dated May 4, 1998.
Also, on May 13, 1998, the Association received an e-mail
(see the attachment) from one of the
members of BVSCA titled The Development of a Living Urban Core.
This e-mail describes in detail the essential ingredients of an
urban core, how different types of people can be attracted to
visit and live in an urban core, and warnings about the future of
the Washington, DC metropolis, especially if one of the existing
bridges should fail. For the successful development of the
Washington, DC metropolis, this BVSCA member, along with others
who attended the April Membership Meeting, suggest the adoption
of the spiderweb system, known also as the Spider Web
Network.
To minimize the risk of an existing bridge failing and to
help implement the Spider Web Network, the Association also
encourages the development of additional bridges for the
Metropolitan Washington area, particularly between upper Fairfax
County, VA, and Montgomery County, MD, and somewhere south of the
existing Wilson Bridge. Please coordinate our letter with the
Arlington County Board, and we thank you for your public
service to the County. Also, please call me if you have any
questions. Thank you.
Ernie Ragland, President
Ballston-Virginia Square
Civic Association
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