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Virginia localities call for transportation solution
Leading up to this month's transportation special session, which starts the 23rd, 16 Virginia localities have adopted a resolution calling for Gov. Tim Kaine and the Virginia General Assembly to enact a significant transportation funding package in order to provide a resolution to the Commonwealth's well-documented transportation infrastructure needs.
The localities support the need for sustainable transportation revenues in order to facilitate economic growth in the Commonwealth, more money for road construction and maintenance projects, an increase in local road funding and bridge construction subsidy, etc.
Localities that have adopted resolutions include:
The City of Charlottesville
Rockingham County
The City of Portsmouth
The City of Falls Church
The City of Wytheville
The City of Harrisonburg
The Town of Middleburg
The Town of Christiansburg
The Town of Vienna
Greensville County
Nelson County
Albemarle County
The City of Bristol
Loudoun County
Clark County
The City of Galax
More localities are expected to adopt resolutions in the coming weeks.
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Over 185 transportation projects to be cancelled/unfunded if transportation solution is not reached
Due to the slowing economy and the removal of some of HB 3202's funding mechanisms, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has had to cut its transportation funding budget by $1.1 billion.
This massive cut will hit Virginia's localities the hardest with a 40 percent reduction in local road funding. This means that many of Virginia's much needed local transportation projects and road improvements will be removed from VDOT's Six-Year Improvement Plan (SYIP) if a funding solution is not reached during this month's transportation special session.
What does this mean to you? The following is a breakdown (by district) of some of the more than 185 projects VDOT will have to cut from its FY 09-FY14 SYIP:
Bristol
Route 58 - Big Stone Gap Bypass
Route 72 - Phase III Widening in Scott County
Route 16 - Bridge over Fox Creek
Interstate 81 - Bridge over Scratch Gravel Road
Route 83 - Bridge over Pound River
Route 460 - Bridge over Levisa RV & NS (Welrs Yd)
Route 19 - Bridge over NS Rwy Spur (Abandoned)
Route 52 - Bridge over Wolf Creek
Route 58 - Bridge over Indian Creek
Route 121 - Coalfields Expressway
Culpeper
Interstate 64 - Interchange improvement at Route 250
Interstate 64 - Bridge over Stockton Creek
Interstate 64 - Bridge over Stockton Creek
Route 29 - Corridor improvements North of Charlottesville CL
Route 15/29 - Warrenton Bypass to Prince William CL
Route 250 - Corridor improvements East of Charlottesville CL
Route 250 - Bridge Replacement over the CSX Railway
Route 17 - South Bound Bridge Replacement over N & S Railway and Route 805
Route 15 - Bridge over Rappahannock River
Route 601 - Bridge over Routes 29 ByPass and 250 ByPass
Fredericksburg
Interstate 95 - Route 3 to Route 17, CD Roads
Route 17 - Bypass Route 1 to 1.5 Miles East of Route 1
Route 1 - Route 208 to SCL Fredericksburg
Route 3 - Bridge over Lick Run
Route 3 - Bridger over Piankatank River
Route 1 - Bridge over Chopawamsic Creek
Route 3 - Bridge over Nine Mile Branch
Route 360 - Bridge over Rappahannock River
Hampton
Interstate 664 - Pavement Rehabilitation, I-64 (BOWERS HILL) to MMMBT
Interstate 664 - Pavement Rehabilitation, MMMBT to I-64
Interstate 64 - Pavement Rehabilitation, I-564 to HRBT
Interstate 264 - Barrier and Drainage Improvements, ERT to I-64
Interstate 64 - HRTA Hampton Roads Third Crossing
Interstate 64 - HRTA Widen form 4 to 6 lanes Newport News
Interstate 64 - HRTA Widen for 4 to 8 lanes with HOV
Interstate 64 - HRTA Major Widening Chesapeake
Route 17 - HRTA Steel Bridge replacement over Elizabeth River
Route 17 - HRTA Dominion Blvd. widen to 4 lanes
Lynchburg
Route 29- Access Management, Traffic Operations, Safety Improvements
Route 29 - Lynchburg Bypass; 4 lanes on New Alignment
Route 29/460 - Replace Existing R/R Bridges with 6 lanes
Route 29/460 - Widen to 6 lanes
Route 501- Replace Rail Road Bridges & Approaches - Candlers Mountain Road
Route 501 - Bridge over James River & CSX Railway
Route 29 - Bridge over NS Railway
Route 40 - Bridge over Louise Creek
Route 20 - Bridge over Slate River
Route 29 - Bridge over Staunton River & NS Railway
Northern Virginia
Reconstruction of Interchange at Route 66 & Route 495 for general purpose lanes
Route 66 - NVTA Vienna Metro Rail
Widen I-95 from Telegraph to I-395 to tie Springfield & WWB projects
Widen I-66 from Route 29 & Route 15 to add one general purpose lane & one HOV lane in each direction
Widen I-95 from 6 to 8 lanes, from Occoquan to Dale Boulevard
Widen Route 1 from 4 to 6 lanes, from Route 123 to Armistead Road
Widen Route 1 from 4 to 6 lanes, from Featherstone Road to Occoquan Road
Widen Route 7 from 4 to 6 lanes, from Patrick Henry Drive to Columbia Pike
Widen Route 7 from 4 to 6 lanes, from Reston Avenue to DTR
Route 7 - Add WB climbing lane, from West Market Street to South King Street
Richmond
Interstate 64 - Add loop at Ashland Road interchange
Interstate 64 - Widening
Interstate 64 - Major rehabilitation over the Shockoe Valley
Interstate 64 - Construct new loop to southbound Oilville Rd
Interstate 64 - Construct new loop to eastbound Route 249
Interstate 64 - Major pavement rehabilitation and overlay
Interstate 64/95 -Acceleration lane extension
Interstate 95 - Improve Belvidere Street Interchange
Interstate 95 - Lewistown Road bridge Widening
Interstate 95 - Install a system to detect and provide an early warning for overheight vehicles
Salem
Interstate 581 - Interchange Improvement at Elm Avenue
Interstate 81 - Reconstruct NB accel lane at Exit 94 intersection and Route 99
Interstate 81 - Bridge over Route 8
Interstate 81 - Bridge over Route 8
Route 11 - Roanoke CL TO .10 Miles West of Route 220
Route 11 - NCL Roanoke to .15 Miles South of Route 117 (Peters Creek Road)
Route 24 - Route 791 to Route 635
Route 419 - WCL Roanoke to SCL of Salem
Route 8/114 - Spot turn lane improvements on Routes 8 and 114 in Montgomery County
Route 460 - Bypass - paving of EB exit ramp to WB Route 460 Business at Exit 3 (Franklin St.)
Staunton
Interstate 81 - Interchange Improvement at Route 50/522
Interstate 81 - Interchange Reconstruction at Exit 313 with Routes 50/17/522
Interstate 81 - Exit 220 Safety Improvements
Route 55 - ECL Front Royal to Route 79
Route 340/522 - I-66 to Route 661
Winchester Bypass - Route 37/I-81 to Route 522
Winchester Bypass - Route 37 West to I-81
Route 340 - Bridge over Tributary SF Shen River
Route 159 - Bridge over Crow Run
Route 311 - Bridge over Tygers Creek
Under the transportation funding package proposed by Governor Kaine, most of these projects would go forward.
To send your legislators an e-mail urging them to reach a transportation funding solution during the upcoming special session, click here.
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Quotes from around the Commonwealth
- From The Richmond Times-Dispatch: In an opinion piece which addresses this month's transportation special session, Hugh Keogh, president of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, said "If the General Assembly were to provide a fix for the regional plans for Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads without addressing the maintenance shortfall, then the looming maintenance needs would siphon off new construction dollars for road and mass transit projects that are badly needed in those areas and across the commonwealth. That is why any plan must address the maintenance shortfall." To read the entire editorial, click here.
- From the News & Advance: In an opinion piece which addresses the need for a transportation funding package during this month's special session, a concerned Lynchburg resident said "The response of many Republican legislators to the governor's proposal is a terse 'No.' Many don't see, or are blind to, the statewide maintenance crisis that's looming a few years out." To read the entire editorial, click here.
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Transportation Town Hall Meeting Reminder
VBT would like to urge all of you to attend Gov. Kaine's Transportation Town Hall meetings, which are currently taking place throughout the Commonwealth. To see a complete list of these meetings, click here.
For more information about the transportation funding crisis or Virginians for Better Transportation, call 804-237-1399 or click here. to visit the It's Time Web site.
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