Humphreys Engineer Center Construction

There is a proposed new master plan for development and construction at Humphreys Engineer Center which is adjacent to Hayfield Farm near Broadmoor Street and Telegraph Road. Here is the 3-page letter with a description of plans.

There is a 30-day limit to respond in writing and the HCA Board agreed to send a reply letter. You can read the full HCA 2-page response letter here; the following provides excerpts from the HCA’s reply letter. Approximately 1,900 personnel are currently employed at HEC. The Plan may triple the personnel working at HEC. That is an additional 4,000 people and cars.

Hayfield Farm, a single-family residential neighborhood of 689 homes, is adjacent to HEC. Here are responses and questions for your plan to triple the personnel working at HEC and increase the developed land and impervious surface considerably:

• Telegraph Road and surrounding roads are already at capacity during rush hour especially. How will you coordinate with Fairfax County’s transportation staff?  Schools, especially Hayfield Elementary and Hayfield Secondary, will be affected. How will you coordinate with Fairfax County School Board?
• Hayfield Farm is in the midst of a $7,000,000 infrastructure pipe project to handle stormwater better. How will you coordinate with Fairfax County’s Public Works and Environmental Services department to ensure Hayfield Farm has no stormwater runoff from your project?
• As Hayfield Farm residents, especially families who live on Broadmoor Street, are adjacent to the planned construction, what steps will you take to monitor and control noise and vibration within Fairfax County requirements? Of special concern are the short range (0 to 5 years) Perimeter Fence & Walking Trail and of course, the construction of 150,000 square feet for three buildings (Training Support @73K SF; Storage & Maintenance @47K SF; and Battalion OPS @30K SF).
• We invite you to make an in-person (or Zoom) presentation to Hayfield Farm residents via the Hayfield Citizens Association; we have eight monthly meetings each year. When can we arrange that meeting?
• “An EA provides sufficient evidence and analysis for determining whether to prepare an EIS.” When will an EA actually be prepared? EA means Environmental Assessment and EIS means Environmental Impact Statement.

For those reading this reply, copies of the PEA (Programmatic Environmental Assessment) will be available in the Lorton Branch, Kingstowne Branch and Sherwood Regional Branch of Fairfax County Public Library system for public review. “Comments on the PEA will be received and reviewed, and revisions may be made to the PEA prior to finalization.”