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Arlington Cemetery To Gain Space With County Land Swap
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Sep 18, 2008 06:24pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Sep 18, 2008 06:00pm |
| Description | By Michael Laris
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 18, 2008; Page B01
Arlington National Cemetery, the final resting place for more than 340,000 soldiers, presidents and other distinguished Americans, has moved a step closer to adding thousands of grave sites.
On Tuesday night, Arlington County officials approved a 4.3-acre land swap with the federal government that will allow the cemetery to add as many as 3,440 burial sites.
The move is part of expansion plans set forth more than four decades ago that military officials say will allow burials to continue until 2060. After that, plans are less clear.
The 4.3-acre portion will convert Navy Annex land west of the Pentagon to grave sites. Arlington County's Southgate Road would have divided the new cemetery space.
The county will swap land that includes the road for a comparable piece of the annex that the county can use for a potential history complex and for redevelopment along Columbia Pike. The exchange is scheduled for 2011, although that timeline could change, federal and local officials said. |
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