The Commonwealth of Virginia will host six public input meetings across the state in April and May to receive public input on a scaled down program for highway and transit improvements.
Hearings will be held at the following locations:
Wednesday April 16, 5pm
Holiday Inn Select Downtown
601 Main St.
Lynchburg, VA 24504
Monday April 21, 6pm
VDOT Bristol District Office Auditorium
870 Bonham Rd.
Bristol, VA 24201
Wednesday April 23, 6pm
VDOT Central Office Auditorium
1221 E. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23219
Thursday April 24, 6pm
Hampton Roads Planning District Regional Building
723 Woodlake Dr.
Chesapeake, VA 23320
Wednesday April 30, 6pm
Rockingham County Adminstration Center
20 East Gay St.
Harrisonburg, VA, 22802
Wednesday May 14, 7:30pm
Northern Virginia Community College
Ernst Cultural Center Forum Area
8333 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA 22003
Six year transportation revenue projections are down $1.1 billion from a year ago. These revenue shortfalls will result in a 44 percent reduction in funding for primary, secondary, and urban highway construction, and a 10 percent reduction in transit allocations.
The Commonwealth Transportation Board has had to scale back the program. “We continue our focus on safety and projects in the pipeline to make the most of the funds we have available,” said Secretary of Transportation Pierce Homer. “Our primary and local roads will take the hardest hit because they are funded last with state dollars,” he added.
Interstate highway construction projects, funded primarily by federal funds, are not significantly affected by these reductions in state funds.
Lists of specific projects and changes from the current plan will be available at each public hearing and on VDOT’s website.
For more information, contact: VDOT’s Jeffrey Caldwell, (804) 786-2715; or DRPT’s Jennifer Pickett, (804) 786-7432
This is a republishing of an official press release from VDOT and DRPT, dated April 11, 2008 (PDF).
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More about the transit plan hearings here: http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-04-15-0132.html