NASA : Goddard Space Flight Center :: Facilities Master Plan






		>07.29.02 Goddard Hosts Meeting >07.09.02 GSFC Issues Plan >04.10.02 GSFC Official Selects Alternative For Release: July 9, 2002 Nina Harris NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Md. Phone: 301-286-8141 Kim Toufectis NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Md. Phone: 301-286-9952 RELEASE: 02-105 GSFC ISSUES FACILITIES MASTER PLAN DOCUMENTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, in consultation with federal, state and local officials, has released draft documents describing the Center’s Facilities Master Planning proposals for its site in Greenbelt, Maryland. Copies of the Master Plan are available, and comments are welcome until September 3, 2002. A Facilities Master Plan is a set of proposals to change the Center’s buildings, roads, fences, utilities and land use over the next 20 years. The Plan sets general guidelines for the many individual proposals to change Center facilities during that timeframe and helps to ensure that these proposals fit together. The Plan is a part of Goddard’s overall effort to conduct its work more efficiently and effectively. The documents include two volumes. In addition to the Draft Facilities Master Plan, the first volume contains a Draft Transportation Management Plan, which describes the Center’s program to encourage employees to carpool and use mass transit, doing its part to help reduce area roadway congestion. The second volume contains a Draft Environmental Assessment, which describes the engineering analysis of the likely consequences of the proposals in the Master Plan. Consequences include effects on natural features (woodlands, wetlands and wildlife), cultural resources (historic buildings and sites), and nearby homes, roadways and commerce. The Plan includes a proposal to relocate a part of Soil Conservation Service Road to a new route across GSFC over the next two years. While the specific route is still under study, the Center has announced its preference for relocating the road to the east. The Draft Environmental Assessment describes this proposal and its consequences in detail. Comments are solicited from federal, state and local agencies, elected officials, and other interested groups and individuals in the community. At the end of the comment period, the documents will be presented to the National Capital Planning Commission, the coordinators of Master Plans at Federal facilities in the Washington area. The documents are available for public review at the following locations: Prince George’s County Memorial Library System Greenbelt Branch 11 Crescent Road Greenbelt, MD 20770 New Carrollton Branch 7414 Riverdale Road New Carrollton, MD 20784 Bowie Branch 15210 Annapolis Road Bowie, MD 20716