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Chapter 2 ⎯ Description of the Proposed Action and AlternativesFigure 2–14Current Garrison Footprint Area of the 4/4th IBCTThe 4/4 th military vehicle parking facilities, or motor pools, were also originally constructed in the1960s. The 4½ motor pools currently used by 4/4 th IBCT provide parking space that initially would beused to support the 2/25 th SBCT under this alternative. The 1,108,179 square feet of parking andmaintenance space available at Fort Carson are the only facilities that would be immediately availableupon arrival of the 2/25 th . This provides parking and maintenance space for only 60 percent of theSBCT’s combat vehicles, which under standard BCT planning designs require 1,839,528 square feetof space. While some efficiency in space utilization could be generated, 1 to 2 battalions of the 2/25 thwould need to park on unimproved surfaces until motor pool renovations could be completed in 2012.This does not provide ideal parking or maintenance space to maintain the combat vehicle fleet of the2/25 th properly, though it could be done in a constrained atmosphere. Although planning is in place toupgrade military vehicle parking facilities, there is no connected acreage available in the near term inwhat would be the 2/25 th unit garrison area that could support the extension of the parking facilities toprovide for the combat vehicle parking requirements of the 2/25 th (Figure 2–14).To support the unplanned requirements of the additional Soldiers and equipment of the 2/25 th , nonstandardsolutions would need to be found to address their needs while awaiting completion of militaryconstruction projects that were planned to support the 4/4 th and additional projects that would beneeded to support the 2/25 th as part of this action. Soldiers would initially work and maintain theirequipment in undersized and outdated facilities. In addition, the increase by 663 Soldiers of the 2/25 thwould increase the burden on Soldier and Family quality of life infrastructure causing some addi-February 2008 2–42 2/25th SBCT Final EIS