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Highways, Bridges and Ferries

P Passed

P HB1645

Subdivision streets. Changes from July 1, 1988, to July 1, 1990, the date by which subdivision streets had to be open to the public in order to be eligible to be taken into the state secondary system. This bill incorporates HB 1676 and HB 1695.
Patron - Jackson

P HB1703

Virginia Alternative Fuels Revolving Fund. Corrects an erroneous reference in § 33.1-223.9 from "this chapter" to "this article." This is a technical amendment only.
Patron - Howell

P HB1743

Terry L. Griffith Memorial Highway. Designates the U. S. 460 bypass in Christiansburg the "Terry L. Griffith Memorial Highway."
Patron - Griffith

P HB1923

Everett H. Hogge Memorial Highway. Names Harpersville Road in Newport News, between US Route 60 and US Route 17, the "Everett H. Hogge Memorial Highway."
Patron - Hamilton

P HB1949

Secondary highways; resumption of responsibilities by counties. Provides a mechanism by which counties may resume responsibility for some or all of state secondary highways within their boundaries. This bill is the same as HB 2049 (Rollison) and SB 1045 (Williams).
Patron - Hull

P HB1966

Urban system highway funds. Authorizes cities and towns to use up to one-third of their allocation of urban system highway funds for debt service on bonds or costs to be incurred on approved urban projects. Under current law, one-third of the urban system highway funds allocated to a city or town may be used to reimburse the city or town for debt service and costs already paid.
Patron - Wardrup

P HB2018

"Pave-in-Place" program. Repeals the July 1, 2001, "sunset" on VDOT's "Pave-in-Place" program. This bill is the same as SB 1299 (Mims).
Patron - May

P HB2044

Value engineering. Increases from $2 million to $5 million the minimum cost of highway projects in connection with which value engineering must be used by the Department of Transportation. This bill is the same as SB 1050 (Williams).
Patron - Rollison

P HB2045

Highway projects cancelled by counties. Requires counties that cancel secondary system highway construction or improvement projects included in their six-year plans to reimburse the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) for funds expended for planning, engineering, right-of-way acquisition, demolition, relocation, and construction. The bill also allows the CTB to waive the reimbursement. This bill is the same as SB 1051 (Williams).
Patron - Rollison

P HB2049

Secondary highways; resumption of responsibilities by counties. Provides a mechanism by which counties may resume responsibility for some or all of state secondary highways within their boundaries. This bill is the same as HB 1949 (Hull) and SB 1045 (Williams).
Patron - Rollison

P HB2082

Tree-trimming policies of Commonwealth Transportation Board. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board to adopt policies governing the trimming of roadside trees that do not adversely affect highway operations, maintenance, or safety. These policies would apply to pruning and trimming trees by the employees and agents of and contractors with the Virginia Department of Transportation. These policies must be consistent with generally accepted standards.
Patron - Van Yahres

P HB2159

Beryl R. Newman Memorial Highway. Designates Virginia Route 227 between the Town of Urbanna and Cooks Corner in Middlesex County the "Beryl R. Newman Memorial Highway."
Patron - Morgan

P HB2160

Beryl R. Newman Memorial Bridge. Designates the Virginia Route 227 bridge over Urbanna Creek in Middlesex County the "Beryl R. Newman Memorial Bridge."
Patron - Morgan

P HB2303

VDOT contracts. Mandates that Virginia Department of Transportation contracts require that contractors comply with all requirements, conditions, and terms of such contracts, including environmental permits that are part of the contracts. If a contractor violates a contract provision that results in environmental damage or violates environmental laws or environmental permits, the Department may suspend the contractor from future bidding or initiate debarment. In such cases, the Department may recover either (i) the loss or damage that the Department suffers as a result of such violation or (ii) any liquidated damages established in such contract plus (iii) reasonable attorney's fees and expert witness fees. This bill is the same as SB 1052 (Williams).
Patron - Wardrup

P HB2406

John Lewis/Andrew Lewis Memorial Highway. Designates portions of I-81 the "John Lewis Memorial Highway" and the "Andrew Lewis Memorial Highway."
Patron - Griffith

P HB2418

Submission of claims to the Department of Transportation and Commonwealth Transportation Board. Provides for reconsideration of contractor claims against VDOT when claims are denied because of administrative oversight.
Patron - Rollison

P HB2419

Management of the Commonwealth's central vehicle fleet. Transfers from the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to the Director of the Department of General Services the responsibility for managing the Commonwealth's central vehicle fleet. This bill is the same as SB 1048 (Williams).
Patron - Wardrup

P HB2420

Statewide Transportation Plan. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to develop a statewide transportation plan with a 20-year horizon and update that plan at least every five years. This plan supersedes the quinquennial assessment of highway needs by the Virginia Department of Transportation. This bill is the same as SB 1047 (Williams).
Patron - Wardrup

P HB2422

Assistant commissioner for the environment, transportation planning, and regulatory affairs. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to employ an assistant commissioner for the environment, transportation planning, and regulatory affairs. This bill is the same as SB 1046 (Williams).
Patron - Wardrup

P HB2524

Dr. Ralph Stanley Highway. Designates Va. Rte. 652 between Toms Creek and Nora the "Dr. Ralph Stanley Highway."
Patron - Phillips

P HB2559

Henderson Road. Designates Henderson Road in Fairfax County a Virginia byway.
Patron - O'Brien

P HB2563

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge. Prohibits use of Virginia revenues for repairs to or replacement of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge if the repair or replacement project is subject to a project labor agreement.
Patron - O'Brien

P HB2599

Senator M. M. Long Highway. Designates US 58A between Hansonville and Norton the "Senator M. M. Long Highway."
Patron - Phillips

P HB2656

Gordon C. Willis, Sr., Smart Highway. Designates the so-called "Smart Road," constructed by VDOT and VPISU, the "Gordon C. Willis, Sr., Smart Road."
Patron - Cranwell

P HB2670

Outdoor advertising. Allows variable message signs if their messages do not change more than once every four seconds.
Patron - Wardrup

P HB2671

Special transportation/taxing district. Creates a special transportation/taxing district, modeled on the existing Route 28 District, to provide a means of financing an extension of commuter rail service from the East Falls Church Metro Station to the vicinity of Dulles Airport. Applicability of the bill is limited to Fairfax County.
Patron - Callahan

P HB2688

Hampton Veterans' Highway. Designates the entire length of Hampton Roads Center Parkway in the City of Hampton, including any future extensions, the "Hampton Veterans' Highway."
Patron - Christian

P HJ576

Transportation in Reston. Requests the Secretary of Transportation, the Commonwealth Transportation Board, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, the County of Fairfax, WMATA, LINK, the Dulles Corridor Rail Association, the Dulles Corridor Task Force, local elected officials, and Reston community and business leaders to continue the work begun under SJR 193 and HJR 166 of the 2000 Session to ensure that a coordinated transportation plan is implemented for the Reston community. This resolution is identical to SJR 341 (Howell).
Patron - Plum

P HJ603

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly that any change in the toll for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel be delayed until completion of the bi-county impact study initiated by Northampton and Accomack Counties to assess the potential impact of a commuter toll discount on the region, provided that study has been completed by October 1, 2001.
Patron - Bloxom

P HJ624

VDOT's Intelligent Transportation System. Encouraging the Virginia Department of Transportation to continue implementing its Intelligent Transportation System, known as Smart Travel, and to draft guidelines for that implementation in consultation with localities.
Patron - Plum

P HJ689

Coalfields Expressway. Requests the Virginia Department of Transportation and the Commonwealth Transportation Board to make a decision on the Brown and Root proposal to build the Coalfields expressway as soon as possible following the issuance of the Record of Decision by the Federal Highway Administration.
Patron - Phillips

P SB291

Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr., Parkway. Designates the Franconia-Springfield Parkway in Fairfax County from Rolling Road to Beulah Street the "Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr., Parkway."
Patron - Puller

P SB822

No-truck route; US 17. Prohibits operation of tractor truck/semitrailer combinations on US 17 in Fauquier County between US 50 and Interstate 66, except for deliveries, pickups, or transactions within 25 miles. This act expires on June 30, 2002.
Patron - Potts

P SB861

Policy of the Commonwealth; use of highways by motorcycles. Prohibits closure by political subdivisions of the Commonwealth of any highway to motorcycles if public funds were used in the highway's construction. This bill is a duplicate of HB 2217 (Stump).
Patron - Houck

P SB1045

Secondary highways; resumption of responsibilities by counties. Provides a mechanism by which counties may resume responsibility for some or all of state secondary highways within their boundaries. This bill is the same as HB 1949 (Hull) and HB 2049 (Rollison).
Patron - Williams

P SB1046

P SB1047

P SB1048

Management of the Commonwealth's central vehicle fleet. Transfers from the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to the Director of the Department of General Services the responsibility for managing the Commonwealth's central vehicle fleet. This transfer, however, is inapplicable to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT); VDOT will continue to control its own vehicle fleet.
Patron - Williams

P SB1049

Powers and duties of Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB). Allows the Commonwealth Transportation Board to award contracts for the construction of transportation projects on a design-build basis. The Board may annually award five design-build contracts valued at no more than $20 million. The Board may also award design-build contracts valued at more than $20 million, provided that no more than five of these latter contracts are in force at the same time. The bill also requires the CTB to recommend to the General Assembly objective criteria to be used by the CTB in selecting those transportation projects to be advanced from the feasibility to the construction stage. These criteria must include requirements for prequalification of contractors and competitive bidding processes. The contracts have to be of such size and scope as to encourage competition. If such criteria are enacted into law, the criteria will apply to the interstate, primary, and urban systems of highways.
Patron - Williams

P SB1050

P SB1051

P SB1052

P SJ341

F Failed

F HB1593

Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area. Requires VDOT to install and maintain signs along primary and interstate highways in its vicinity to provide motorists with directions to the Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area.
Patron - Bryant

F HB1650

Drainage easements. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation to maintain highway drainage easements, both on and off highway right-of-way.
Patron - Armstrong

F HB1670

Distribution of funds in highway condemnation cases. Changes the timetable for distribution of funds in highway condemnation cases to require use of facsimile and overnight delivery services to ensure timely delivery of court orders and transfer of funds. The bill also establishes a 25 percent penalty imposed upon any payment made pursuant to this section if the payment is not timely made.
Patron - Cranwell

F HB1676

Subdivision streets. Changes from July 1, 1988, to July 1, 1991, the date by which subdivision streets must have been open to the public in order to be brought up to standards for being taken into the state secondary system. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1645.
Patron - Dudley

F HB1695

F HB1965

Allocation of urban highway system construction funds. Provides that, if requested by a resolution adopted by the local governing body, urban highway system construction allocations will be paid directly to the locality in the form of quarterly block grants. The locality would then be responsible for construction of projects funded with the grants, subject to such accounting procedures and standards as may be prescribed by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner. This process would be terminated if requested by another resolution of the local governing body.
Patron - Wardrup

F HB1990

Transportation revenue bonds; Northern Virginia Transportation District Program. Increases the maximum principal amount of transportation revenue bonds that may be issued for the Northern Virginia Transportation District Program by $29 million, from $471.2 million to $500.2 million, and designates the projects for the increased funding.
Patron - Black

F HB2031

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Commission; membership. Provides that appointments and reappointments of individual members of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Commission shall be made by the Governor from a list of at least three individuals provided by the local governing body for which the appointment or reappointment is being made. The bill also provides that elected officials of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision shall not be eligible for appointment to the Commission. The bill does not affect current members of the Commission whose terms have not expired as of July 1, 2001.
Patron - Bloxom

F HB2047

Asset management by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). Provides a definition of "asset management" and requires VDOT to implement outcome-based asset management practices in operating, maintaining, and upgrading state highways.
Patron - Rollison

F HB2048

Powers and duties of Commonwealth Transportation Board. Allows the Commonwealth Transportation Board to award contracts for the construction of transportation projects on a design-build basis. The Board may annually award five design-build contracts valued at no more than $20 million. The Board may also award design-build contracts valued at more than $20 million, provided that no more than five of these latter contracts are in force at the same time.
Patron - Rollison

F HB2089

Hunter Mill Road. Designates Hunter Mill Road in Fairfax County a scenic highway and Virginia byway.
Patron - Devolites

F HB2240

Drainage easements. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation to maintain highway drainage easements, both on and off highway right-of-way.
Patron - Day

F HB2291

Subdivision streets. Decreases from one-half to one-quarter the county share of the costs associated with bringing subdivision streets up to standards for inclusion in the state secondary highway system.
Patron - Tate

F HB2361

Richmond Metropolitan Authority; maintenance of facilities; application of net savings to debt service and reduction. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board to use state highway maintenance funds for maintenance of highway facilities controlled by the Richmond Metropolitan Authority. The bill also requires the Richmond Metropolitan Authority to apply the net savings achieved as the result of this bill toward service and reduction of its outstanding debt.
Patron - Ware

F HB2368

Public-Private Transportation Act; imposition of tolls on certain facilities. Limits the number of Public-Private Transportation Act facilities that may be tolled by defining "reconstructed to provide for increased capacity."
Patron - Joannou

F HB2437

HOV lanes. Provides a mechanism by which vehicles used by professional firefighters, professional emergency medical technicians, volunteer rescue squad members and volunteer firefighters can be exempted from vehicle occupancy requirements on HOV lanes when traveling to or from a duty shift or responding to an emergency call.
Patron - Drake

F HB2520

VDOT; procurement of professional services. Authorizes VDOT, when procuring professional services for projects contained in the Virginia Transportation Development Plan, to negotiate with all offerors deemed qualified and experienced to arrive at a fair and reasonable price for the contract. The bill requires VDOT to comply with federal law and regulations governing transportation procurement activities. Currently, under the Virginia Public Procurement Act, a public body may only negotiate with one offeror at a time and if no contract can be reached, the public body must terminate negotiations with that offeror and begin negotiations with the next offeror. This bill would carve out an exception to this type of procurement for VDOT.
Patron - Reid

F HB2544

HOV lanes. Directs the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to implement a pilot project to allow volunteer firefighters and members of volunteer rescue squads to use HOV lanes, regardless of the number of occupants in their vehicles.
Patron - Katzen

F HB2587

F HB2725

Sales and use tax; additional tax in Eighth Planning District to fund transportation projects. Increases the state sales and use tax by one-half percent in all cities and counties within the Eighth Planning District. The revenues from such increase shall be deposited into the Northern Virginia Transportation Fund to fund transportation projects in the Eighth Planning District. The bill also increases the maximum principal amount of transportation revenue bonds that may be issued for the Northern Virginia Transportation District Program from $471.2 million to $2.65 billion, specifies additional transportation projects to be funded by such bonds, and authorizes the Commonwealth Transportation Board to designate additional transportation projects to be paid for from the Northern Virginia Transportation Fund under certain conditions. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2002, and is contingent upon approval by a majority of persons voting in a joint referendum of all the cities and counties in the Eighth Planning District on November 6, 2001.
Patron - Rollison

F HB2736

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT); reimbursement for certain lost revenues. Requires VDOT to reimburse utilities for customer revenue losses experienced because of relocation of the utility's lines required by or carried out in connection with a VDOT project.
Patron - Kilgore

F HB2740

Department of Transportation review of transportation needs. Requires the Department to report to the General Assembly and local officials those current transportation needs that are unmet under existing plans. The Department, working in cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall further recommend a plan to help alleviate the unmet transportation needs. The recommendation shall include a means by which regions of the Commonwealth may be afforded greater flexibility to address such unmet needs, with appropriate state oversight, including the ability to establish regional transportation entities having broader authority with respect to planning, prioritizing, funding, and implementing transportation solutions for the region.
Patron - Moss

F HB2745

Minors of school age and driver's licenses. Authorizes any school board supervising a school in which an unmarried or unemancipated minor is enrolled to file a written request with the Department of Motor Vehicles to cancel a learner's permit or license of the minor because of failure to comply with the Compulsory School Attendance Law or because the minor has received a long-term suspension or expulsion from regular school attendance. A minor enrolled in an alternative education program or having a job may file a written request to retain driving privileges for the purpose of transportation to and from the alternative education program or the job.
Patron - Keister

F HB2846

Transportation projects; Harrisonburg - southeast corridor improvements. Changes the name of one of the transportation projects designated in last year's Acts of Assembly from "Harrisonburg - Southeast Bypass" to "Harrisonburg - Southeast Corridor Improvements."
Patron - Landes

F HJ797

Interstate Route 64. Memorializes VDOT, in widening I-64 in the vicinity of Williamsburg, to retain the highway's grassy median.
Patron - Grayson

F SB978

Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission. Prohibits appointment or reappointment of local elected officials and members of the General Assembly to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission, effective July 1, 2001.
Patron - Norment

F SB1053

F SB1149

F SB1155

Hunter Mill Road. Designates Hunter Mill Road in Fairfax County a scenic highway and Virginia byway.
Patron - Howell

F SB1230

F SB1278

HOV lanes. Eliminates the one-year limit on the pilot project, authorized by the 2000 Session, for HOV facilities in the Hampton Roads Planning District, providing for temporary lifting HOV restrictions when one or more lanes of the same highway carrying traffic in the same direction are blocked for a period of time. The bill also shortens this period from 10 minutes to five minutes.
Patron - Wagner

F SB1326

Evaluation of highway construction impacts. Requires the Department of Transportation to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of all proposed new highways, new lanes added to existing highways, and new interchanges, wherever such proposed projects are estimated to cost $20 million or more.
Patron - Houck

F SB1345

Drainage easements. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation to maintain highway drainage easements, both on and off highway right-of-way.
Patron - Reynolds

F SB1362

Directional signs for Natural Tunnel State Park. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation to install and maintain prominent signs providing motorists directions to Natural Tunnel State Park on (i) U.S. Route 23 in the vicinity of Moccasin Gap and (ii) U.S. Route 58 in the vicinity of Pound Gap.
Patron - Wampler

F SB1389

Highway maintenance payments to cities and towns. Provides for use of a depreciation factor in calculating highway maintenance payments to cities and towns.
Patron - Williams

F SB1401

F SJ392

Study; Highway safety in Loudoun County. Requests a special panel comprised of affected state and local governmental agencies and concerned elected officials and citizens to work together to improve traffic safety at the most dangerous intersections in Loudoun County.
Patron - Mims

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