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Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base

Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base. BRAC Regional Task Force (RTF) Community Planning for BRAC Implementation. TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP. October 23, 2006. BRAC RTF Transportation Work Group Meeting.

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Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base

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  1. Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base BRAC Regional Task Force (RTF) Community Planning for BRAC Implementation TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP October 23, 2006

  2. BRAC RTF Transportation Work Group Meeting • Monday, October 23rd, Ft. Bragg DPW Classroom • Invited all RPOs; MPOs; NC DOT; Ft. Bragg/Pope • Combined discussion of roads; airports; and rail and alternative modes of transportation • Supplementing and augmenting your planning efforts based on projected growth due to BRAC/other changes at Ft. Bragg • Discuss using Federal grant to assess and plan for the impact of additional growth. Scope of Work. • Identify current planning efforts • Facilitate identifying problem areas

  3. What’s the Purpose of the BRAC RTF • Following the BRAC announcements last year, DOD encouraged communities to establish regional organizations to deal with BRAC related changes. • Providing Federal funding to study the impacts of the projected growth and develop a growth management plan for the region. • Forming Working Groups in assess the problems and integrate with the on-going planning efforts. • Develop solutions for problems identified in the Work Groups • Coordinate the long-term sustainment effort for Ft. Bragg • POLITICAL CLOUT OF ELEVEN COUNTIES AND FT. BRAGG

  4. TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY • DETERMINE HOW THE PROJECTED GROWTH AT FT. BRAGG WILL AFFECT CURRENT TRANSPORTATION PLANNING • SWOT ANALYSIS/BRAINSTORMING SESSION • IDENTIFY PROBLEM AREAS IN THE REGION DUE TO BRAC AND OTHER GROWTH AT FT. BRAGG • PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FOR CONSULTANTS • HOW DO WE ASSIST YOU IN YOUR PLANNING? • IDENTIFY CONTACTS AND AGENCIES

  5. BRAC Regional Task Force (RTF) • Purpose: To unify the community planning effort by coordinating the requirements and upgrades associated with the BRAC actions for the eleven counties and municipalities surrounding Ft. Bragg and Pope AFB. • Scope: This organization is the liaison between the military; the communities in the organization; state agencies associated with these requirements; and federal agencies designated to provide community assistance for BRAC.

  6. BRAC RTF Eleven Member Counties LEE HARNETT MOORE MONTGOMERY FT. BRAGG SAMPSON RICHMOND HOKE CUMBERLAND SCOTLAND BLADEN ROBESON

  7. Impact Due to Changes at Ft. Bragg • Population growth: more than 20,000 people • Contractor office space forced off post • Hospitality requirements: 30,000 + visits a year • New Defense businesses and expansions. • Federal grant for assessing economic impact and developing a growth management plan • Identify and apply for state and federal funds to assist and transform economies

  8. BRAC Planning Committees and Work Groups • Housing: on and off installation • Transportation (roads/rail/airline) • Schools: DOD; private; public • Economic Impact: Business and Defense Contractors • Workforce impact/employment opportunities • Infrastructure: Public Works/Public Safety/Recreation/Comm. • Medical: on and off installation • Growth Management Planning: Compatible Development • Arts and Culture • Meetings/Conventions/Special Activities (Secure space)

  9. Timing of BRAC Actions • BRAC law: implementation has started; six years to complete all actions, by September 15, 2011 • BRAC military construction funding is required • 4th Brigade Combat Team (BCT) has been activated/facility construction almost complete • Positions assigned and Personnel begin to arrive in 2006 • 43rd Airlift Wing closes in early 2008 • FORSCOM phased move in 2010/2011 • Pope AFB becomes an AAF and transfers to Ft. Bragg in 2010 • Next BRAC scheduled for 2015

  10. Additional People, including Soldiers, Civilians, and Their Dependents

  11. Impact Assuming a Multiplier of 1.0, Personnel and Dependents

  12. Transportation Impact Due to Changes at Ft. Bragg • Roads: • Significant Growth along Hwy 87 corridor through Harnett to Lee Co • Double or triple current traffic through Spring Lake • Increased traffic from Moore and Hoke Counties • Access through Linden Oaks Military Family Housing? • I-295 Exchange/close Bragg Blvd/New security access gate? • Airports: • 30,000+ passengers to visit FORSCOM • Direct flights to Washington DC? • Rail: • Direct Access to Wilmington ports?

  13. Ft. BRAGG/POPE AFB AMERICA’S 911 CRISIS RESPONSE CAPABILITY STRATEGIC FORCE... DECISIVE VICTORY

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