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HAMPTON ROADS DISTRICT FACT SHEET |
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* Hampton Roads
District
The
failure to significantly invest in Virginia's
transportation system affects every county in the Commonwealth. The following information shows how the
significant decrease in state funding over the past 10 years impacts the primary,
secondary and urban road systems and the Virginians who live and work in, and
travel through the Hampton Roads District.
- The Hampton Roads
District includes the counties of Accomack, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City,
Suffolk, Northampton,
Southampton, Surry, Sussex and York
and the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia
Beach.
- Every county and city
in the Hampton Roads District will receive less state funding this year
than they did 10 years ago.
- In fiscal year (FY) 1996,
the Hampton Roads District received about $111 million of state allocation
formula funding for its primary, secondary and urban road projects. In FY 2006, it received $79.2 million - or $31.8 million less in
funding. This is about a 29 percent
decrease in funding.
- The estimated costs
for Hampton Road District's primary, secondary and urban road projects are
$2.1 billion. The existing and
projected funding identified for these projects through the current
Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP: FY 2007-2012) is only $1.2 billion. Therefore, an additional $900 million of
funding is needed to complete these projects.
- The decrease in
funding for this region has led to the delay or elimination of many of the
much-needed construction projects outlined in the SYIP.
- Specifically, in FY
1996 Accomack
County received
about $1.3 million of state allocation formula funding for its secondary
road projects. In FY 2006, it
received $855,591 - or $438,009 less in funding. This is about a 34 percent decrease in
funding. Accomack County
needs an additional $18.5 million to complete its secondary road projects
outlined in the current SYIP.
- Specifically, in FY
1996 Southampton
County received
about $1.1 million of state allocation formula funding for its secondary
road projects. In FY 2006, it
received $711,126 - or $390,309 less in funding. This is about a 35 percent decrease in
funding. Southampton County
needs an additional $8.2 million to complete its secondary road projects
outlined in the current SYIP.
- Overall, the SYIP
estimates the cost to complete Virginia's
primary, secondary and urban road projects is $8.9 billion, yet the
current and projected funding identified for these projects is $4.5
billion over the next six years.
Therefore, an additional $4.4 billion is needed to complete these
projects.
*This document has been prepared by Virginians for Better
Transportation, and is based on information from the Virginia Department
of Transportation. It also includes data
taken from the current SYIP (FY 2007-2012) and the primary, secondary and urban
state formula allocations for fiscal years 1996 and 2006. All costs are
approximates.
For
more information about Virginia's
transportation funding crisis or Virginians for Better Transportation, visit www.itstimevirginia.org or call
804-237-1399.
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