LETTER TO LILLA D. MCC. RICHARDS (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89-00244R000701330049-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 2009
• Sequence Number: 49
• Publication Date: March 26, 1984
• Content Type: LETTER

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Central Intelligence Agency
STAT
2 6 MAR 1984
Mrs. Lilla D. McC. Richards
8703 Brook Road
McLean, VA 22102
We have been attempting to design a secure and efficient visitor center
for the Parkway gate since last fall. To date, we have managed to accommodate
all security requirements in the design but have been continually frustrated in
our attempts to provide efficient traffic operation. The problem is the short
distance between our property line and the ring road within the compound.
While the visitor center at the Route 123 gate requires about 800 feet, we have
approximately 300 feet to provide the same function on the Parkway gate.
All design concepts we have developed so far result in creation of a major
"T" intersection on the ring road. The disadvantage of this intersection is
the disincentive it offers to peak hour employee traffic. While the community
is interested in seeing more of our employees use the Parkway, creation of this
intersection, which would require signaling for peak hour traffic management,
is seen as a disincentive to employee use of the Parkway entrance.
The trade-off is that the design does allow processing of visitors
arriving in private automobiles. However, the major visitor arrivals occur in
the offpeak hours when traffic operation on the major arteries is not a
problem.
As you recall, the proposed Gt^MP visitor center does not eliminate the
need for the Route 123 visitor center. The Route 123 center is still required
for commercial deliveries and public transportation. The Parkway Center would
accommodate the private automobile traffic and was originally proposed saby
citizens immediately adjacent to our Route 123 entrance who perceived
potential noise problem with the Route 123 center.
Our perception has been that, over time, other citizens have begun to view
the visitor center issue as a factor impacting the design of the offsite roadr
improvements. As noted above, the peak visitor processing pe
our employees are on duty and after the peak traffic hour on the offsite roads.
This letter is in response to your letter of 9 March 1984 in whi - you
requested an interim report on our study of a visitor center at the George
Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP) gate.
Dear Mrs. Richards:
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Mrs. Lilla D. McC. Richards
While the nature of the final offsite roads design may affect the design and
placement of our visitor facilities, the reverse is not true.
You have recently received a copy of a letter from the Ad Hoc Committee
for Traffic to/from CIA containing a proposal to place a visitor center on
Turkey Run Road. This proposal is unacceptable to the Agency. While there are
a number of problems associated with the proposal, the basic problem is that
the western portion of our compound is unsuitable as a major visitor entrance
to a Federal Agency Headquarters.
I assure you that we continue to seek ways to encourage traffic on to the
GWMP. The current frustration is that designs aimed at diverting visitor
traffic to the Parkway work against our efforts to encourage greater peak hour
usage of the Parkway by our employees.
Sincerely,
STAT
Chairman
CIA Traffic Advisory Committee
cc: Members, CIA Traffic
Advisory Committee
(26 Mar 84)
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