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neers of the department’s nine districts.
A copy of the memo was given to the Rappahannock News by the Friends of Old Route 211, a citizens’ group which opposes the project. A cover memo was also enclosed from Charles B. Perry, district engineer of the Northern Virginia highway district. Mr. Perry directed his assistants, resident engineers and section heads to “discuss this (Ms. Sorrell's memo) with appropriate members of your staff and be guided accordingly.”
“There are several reasons why these reports should not be generally available,” Ms. Sorrell said Monday.
“I am concerned that the cost/benefit analysis used by the value engineering teams has data available. . .which could be used inappropriately. To that extent, I’ve been advised that if we use cost estimates from the construction division they should not be released.”
Sometimes, she explained, the value engineering studies contain specific or estimated cost figures for constructing various elements of the projects which could compromise the bidding process.
“This is not,” she emphasized, “an absolute prohibition” on public release of value engineering reports. “It says, ‘Let’s get the approval of the location and construction divisions before the reports are released.’,” Ms. Sorrell said.
Asked to differentiate the types of figures she cited as being protected from the cost estimates included in the department’s six-year road plan, Ms. Sorrell said it was
See MEMO, p. 18
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