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Highways, Bridges and Ferries

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P HB1381

World War II Veterans Memorial Highway; World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge; Judith Stewart Dresser Memorial Bridge. Designates Virginia Route 288 the "World War II Veterans Memorial Highway," designates the Virginia Route 288 bridge across the James River the "World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge," and designates the Virginia Route 5 bridge across the Chickahominy River the "Judith Stewart Dresser Memorial Bridge."
Patron - Janis

P HB1447

Secondary highway system construction allocations. Allows counties to use secondary highway system construction allocations for primary highway system construction projects.
Patron - Pollard

P HB1487

Arterial network of highways. Eliminates references in the Code to the arterial network of highways and repeals the Acts of Assembly that designate certain highways as part of the arterial network. The bill provides that its provisions are not to be deemed to alter state funding of maintenance, maintenance replacement, construction, or reconstruction of former arterial network projects within the boundaries of any city.
Patron - Rollison

P HB1488

Use of federal revenue-sharing funds by localities for certain highway-related purposes. Removes references to use of federal revenue-sharing by localities for highway-related purposes. The program under which federal revenue-sharing funds were available to localities has long since been terminated.
Patron - Rollison

P HB1857

Removal of illegal signs from highway rights-of-way. Provides greater flexibility in the provisions of agreements between Fairfax County and the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner for the removal of illegal signs from highway rights-of-way.
Patron - Scott

P HB1884

Rural Rustic Road Program. Encourages use of the Rural Rustic Road Program by counties to pave qualifying road segments.
Patron - May

P HB1946

Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner condemnations; delays in filing proceedings. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, unless an agreement with the property owner as to compensation for the taking of or damage to property has been reached, to file a condemnation proceeding within 30 days after recording a certificate with respect to the property. If the Commissioner fails to institute a proceeding within this 30-day period, the owner may file a proceeding in circuit court.
Patron - Drake

P HB1949

Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner condemnations; evidence of value. Prohibits the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, in a condemnation proceeding, from offering evidence of the value of the property taken or damaged that is less than the amount that was either previously deposited with the court or represented by a certificate of deposit filed with the court with respect to that property.
Patron - Drake

P HB1950

Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner condemnations; rate of interest. Provides that interest on certain obligations of the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to owners of property acquired through condemnation proceedings will accrue at the rate of interest established pursuant to § 6621 (a) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code. Currently, interest accrues at the general account composite rate as complied by the Department of the Treasury.
Patron - Drake

P HB2066

Interstate Route 73. Reenacts 2002 legislation establishing a pilot program to provide for early acquisition of certain property in connection with the construction of Interstate Route 73 in Virginia. The "reenactment clause" in last year's legislation is stricken in this bill.
Patron - Dudley

P HB2152

Advertising on transit passenger shelters. Allows placement of advertising on certain transit passenger shelters.
Patron - Rust

P HB2259

Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB). Imposes a statutory requirement (i) for a financial plan with minimum specified content for projects valued at more than $100 million; (ii) for a periodic report with specific information for every project in the Six-year Improvement Plan; (iii) for the CTB to offer technical assistance and coordination work with local governments in developing sound transportation planning components to their local comprehensive plans; and (iv) that the CTB adopt the Six-year Improvement Plan by July 1 of each year. The bill also specifies the parameters and criteria that must be used to adopt a new Six-year Improvement Plan. This bill is the same as SB 869 except that the sentence, "Project specific information posted on the Internet shall be updated as information is available" does not appear at the end of subdivision (6) of § 33.1-12 in SB 869.
Patron - Rollison

P HB2316

High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. Extends the "sunset" on use of HOV lanes by vehicles bearing clean fuel vehicle license plates, regardless of the number of their occupants, (from July 1, 2004, to July 1, 2006). This bill incorporates HB 2383. The provisions of the bill "sunset" if found to contravene federal laws.
Patron - Plum

P HB2361

Madison E. Marye Highway. Designates a portion of U.S. Route 460 in Montgomery County the "Madison E. Marye Highway." This bill is the same as SB 930.
Patron - Shuler

P HB2543

U.S. Route 460 improvements. Requires the Department of Transportation, within 90 days of the receipt of federal approval of the relevant Draft Environmental Impact Statement, to solicit proposals for improvements to U.S. Route 460 between Hampton Roads and the Richmond-Petersburg metropolitan area (and related projects) under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995.
Patron - McDonnell

P HJ594

Roundabouts. Encourages the Department of Transportation to build more roundabouts instead of signalized intersections.
Patron - Van Yahres

P HJ607

Resolution; upgrade the Route 58 corridor. Requests the Secretary of Transportation and the Commonwealth Transportation Board to use every available means to quickly complete the upgrade of the entire Route 58 corridor.
Patron - Carrico

P SB713

Condemnation; interest. Provides for calculating interest in highway-related condemnation cases using the IRS's underpayment rate (§ 6621 (a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code) instead of the general account's composite rate. This bill contains an emergency clause, and its provisions are retroactive to condemnation awards rendered or certificates of deposit recorded on or after October 1, 2002.
Patron - Colgan

P SB747

Old Colchester Road. Designates Old Colchester Road in Fairfax County between U.S. Route 1 and the old town of Colchester on the Occoquan River a Virginia byway.
Patron - Puller

P SB837

Family restrooms. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation to construct family restrooms at rest stops along interstate highways. The bill applies only to rest stops constructed on or after July 1, 2003.
Patron - Howell

P SB852

Urban highway system. Allows the governing body of any city or town to expend urban system construction funds for the design, land acquisition, and construction of transportation projects that have been included in the Commonwealth Transportation Board's Six-year Improvement Program.
Patron - Miller, Y.B.

P SB869

Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB). Imposes a statutory requirement (i) for a financial plan with minimum specified content for projects valued at more than $100 million; (ii) for a periodic report with specific information for every project in the Six-year Improvement Plan; (iii) for the CTB to offer technical assistance and coordination work with local governments in developing sound transportation planning components to their local comprehensive plans; and (iv) that the CTB adopt the Six-year Improvement Plan by July 1 of each year. The bill also specifies the parameters and criteria that must be used to adopt a new Six-year Improvement Plan. This bill is the same as HB 2259 except that the sentence, "Project specific information posted on the Internet shall be updated as information is available" does not appear at the end of subdivision (6) of § 33.1-12 in this bill.
Patron - Williams

P SB930

Madison E. Marye Highway. Designates a portion of U.S. Route 460 in Montgomery County the "Madison E. Marye Highway." This bill is identical to HB 2361.
Patron - Edwards

P SB974

Removal of outdoor advertising. Provides that no billboard sign subject to Chapter 7 of Title 33.1 (Outdoor Advertising in Sight of Public Highways) may be removed by action of a county, city, or town without the payment of just compensation unless the billboard sign cannot remain on the property due to the site constraints of the property and removal of the billboard sign is therefore necessary for development on the property.
Patron - Trumbo

P SB977

Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB), etc. Allows the CTB to let all contracts for the construction, maintenance, and improvement of the roads comprising systems of state highways and for all activities related to passenger and freight rail and public transportation improvements in excess of two million dollars. The bill also allows the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to let contracts for construction, maintenance, and improvements up to two million dollars and allows the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to let contracts for passenger and freight rail and public transportation improvements up to two million dollars. Similarly, it allows the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to enter into agreements with localities, authorities, and transportation districts to let contracts up to two million dollars for highway construction, maintenance, and improvements within their jurisdictions and allows the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to enter into agreements with localities, authorities, and transportation districts to let contracts up to two million dollars for passenger and freight rail and public transportation improvements within their jurisdictions. The Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner and the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation are required to report on their respective transportation contracting activities at least quarterly to the Board.
Patron - Trumbo

P SB1004

Darrell Green Boulevard. Designates the portion of Virginia Route 28 located within Loudoun County as the "Darrell Green Boulevard."
Patron - Mims

P SB1093

Highway safety corridors. Provides for the designation of primary and interstate highways as highway safety corridors. The minimum penalty for motor vehicle moving violations committed in these corridors would be not less than $200.
Patron - Edwards

P SB1177

D. Woodrow Bird Memorial Highway. Designates I-77 in Bland County the "D. Woodrow Bird Memorial Highway."
Patron - Puckett

P SB1222

Urban highway system construction funds. Provides that payment of urban highway system construction funds may be made in equal quarterly amounts, at the discretion of the city or town receiving them, and shall be reduced, in the case of each city and town, by the amount of federal-aid construction funds credited to each city or town.
Patron - Williams

P SB1279

Rail Transportation Development Authority. Establishes a rail transportation authority to finance or assist in the financing of capital improvements to rail lines and associated facilities. This bill becomes effective only if reenacted by the 2004 Session of the General Assembly.
Patron - Edwards

P SJ394

Charlottesville bypass. Encourages the Department of Transportation to review all options available, including the completion of the U.S. Route 29 bypass, to improve transportation along the U.S. Route 29 corridor to facilitate the flow of traffic to and from the northern and central regions to southern communities.
Patron - Hawkins

Failed

F HB1394

Secondary system highway construction fund allocations. Allows inclusion of space occupied by military reservations when calculating the "area" of counties for the purpose of allocating secondary system highway construction funds.
Patron - Lingamfelter

F HB1396

Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge. Requires the Department of Transportation to contact its Maryland counterpart to initiate discussions for the construction of a second span parallel to the existing Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge, conveying U.S. Route 301 across the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia. A report on these discussions is to be submitted to the General Assembly by December 1, 2003.
Patron - Lingamfelter

F HB1409

Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB). Provides for election of citizen members of the CTB by the General Assembly, one from each Congressional district. There would no longer be any at-large members. The bill does not apply to CTB members appointed prior to July 1, 2003.
Patron - Black

F HB1418

Impact statements; legislation requiring or authorizing highway construction. Requires VDOT to prepare an impact statement including the cost, source of funding, and present and anticipated level of service for legislation requiring or authorizing construction, reconstruction, or improvement of specifically identified highways or highway projects. Cost, funding, and level of service data would be printed on the legislation, but not codified.
Patron - Black

F HB1484

Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to employ an inspector general.
Patron - Rust

F HB1485

Urban and secondary highway system construction allocations. Allocates urban system and secondary system highway construction funds among affected jurisdictions on the basis of (i) area, (ii) vehicle miles traveled, and (iii) population, with area being weighted 15 percent, vehicle miles traveled per lane-mile weighted 25 percent, and population weighted 60 percent.
Patron - Rust

F HB1486

Virginia Highway Bridge Fund. Establishes the Virginia Highway Bridge Fund, consisting of all federal highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation funds received by Virginia. The Fund is to be used for construction, reconstruction, and replacement of highway bridges in the Commonwealth as allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board to individual projects on the basis of the severity of each bridge's deficiency. The bill requires a 20-percent match to be provided from the allocation to the highway system on which the bridge is located.
Patron - Rollison

F HB1550

Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT); Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB). Provides for the evaluation by DRPT of all rail mass transit projects proposed to be undertaken in any air quality nonattainment area in the Commonwealth and recommendations as to such projects by DRPT to CTB. The bill also authorizes DRPT to act as a "responsible public entity" for the purpose of the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance and/or operation of any such project under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (§ 56-556 et seq.). Notwithstanding the contrary provisions of the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995, the provisions of the Public Procurement Act (specifically § 2.2-4342) would apply, once a contract has been awarded, to procurement documents and procurement transactions related to any contract entered into for any project covered by this bill.
Patron - Marshall, R.G.

F HB1595

Transportation Trust Fund. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board, prior to the distribution of funds for general highway construction, to distribute from the Transportation Trust Fund: (i) $50 million for transportation projects in Arlington County, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Prince William County, Stafford County, the City of Alexandria, the City of Fairfax, the City of Falls Church, the City of Manassas, and the City of Manassas Park; (ii) $50 million for transportation projects in Isle of Wight County, James City County, York County, the City of Chesapeake, the City of Hampton, the City of Newport News, the City of Norfolk, the City of Poquoson, the City of Portsmouth, the City of Suffolk, the City of Virginia Beach, and the City of Williamsburg; and (iii) $20 million for transportation projects in Augusta County, Botetourt County, Frederick County, Montgomery County, Pulaski County, Roanoke County, Rockbridge County, Rockingham County, Shenandoah County, Smyth County, Warren County, Washington County, Wythe County, the City of Bristol, the City of Harrisonburg, the City of Radford, the City of Salem, the City of Staunton, and the City of Winchester. The bill expires on July 1, 2005.
Patron - Marshall, R.G.

F HB1640

Department of Transportation; Commonwealth Transportation Board; certification of certain highway construction projects. Requires the Department of Transportation to certify to the Commonwealth Transportation Board those highway construction projects in the interstate highway system or primary highway system which, in the Department's judgment, are appropriate for construction under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (§ 56-556 et seq.). Such certification is to include proposals for the relative shares of each project's cost to be borne by the Commonwealth, by one or more localities, and the private sector. Notwithstanding the contrary provisions of § 56-573.1, the provisions of § 2.2-4342 (public inspection of records) will apply, once a contract has been awarded for any project under this bill, to procurement documents and procurement transactions related to any such contract.
Patron - Marshall, R.G.

F HB1662

"No trucks" route. Prohibits operation of any tractor truck/semitrailer combination on Virginia Route 206 in King George County between U.S. Route 301 and Virginia Route 3, except for local deliveries, pickups, or transactions to be made within five miles. This bill is incorporated into HB 1457.
Patron - Pollard

F HB1666

Subdivision streets. Repeals the requirement that subdivision streets serve "at least three families per mile" in order to be eligible to be taken into the state secondary highway system for maintenance purposes under § 33.1-72.1.
Patron - Oder

F HB1667

Statewide Transportation Plan; financial plan for each project. Requires the Department of Transportation to prepare a detailed financial plan for each project in the Statewide Transportation Plan, prior to any project's moving forward to the construction phase from the feasibility phase. This bill is incorporated into HB 2259.
Patron - Oder

F HB1668

Statewide Transportation Plan. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner annually to report to the House and Senate Transportation and Finance Committees on the progress, successes, and failures of the plan and the status of all projects in the plan, including those projects whose construction has not yet begun. This bill is incorporated into HB 2259.
Patron - Oder

F HB1813

Signs warning motorcyclists of hazards in highway work zones. Requires that signs warning motorcyclists of possible hazards (including, but not limited to, steel plates, longitudinal grooves, loose gravel, or uneven lanes) be posted at least 500 feet in advance of every highway work zone.
Patron - Welch

F HB1991

Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission. Repeals the portion of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission's "charter" that calls for transfer of the Bridge-Tunnel to the Commonwealth upon the retirement of all the Commission's bonded debt.
Patron - Bloxom

F HB2036

Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT); Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB). Provides for the evaluation by DRPT of all rail mass transit projects proposed to be undertaken in any air quality nonattainment area in the Commonwealth and recommendations as to such projects by DRPT to CTB. The bill also authorizes DRPT to act as a "responsible public entity" for the purpose of the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance and/or operation of any such project under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (§ 56-556 et seq.). Costs of construction of any such project are to be funded no more than 15 percent by the Commonwealth and no more than 10 percent by the locality or localities within whose boundaries the project is to be constructed or operated. Fares and minimum service levels of all such projects are to be subject to approval by CTB. Notwithstanding the contrary provisions of the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995, the provisions of the Public Procurement Act (specifically § 2.2-4342) would apply, once a contract has been awarded, to procurement documents and procurement transactions related to any contract entered into for any project covered by this bill.
Patron - Marshall, R.G.

F HB2094

Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner condemnation; recovery of costs. Entitles a property owner to recover his costs, including reasonable attorney, appraisal, engineering, and similar expert's fees, incurred as a result of the reformation, alteration, revision, amendment or invalidation of a certificate.
Patron - Joannou

F HB2144

Primary system highway construction allocation. Provides that funds for construction projects in the primary highway system will be distributed among the nine highway construction districts on the basis of vehicle-miles traveled per lane-mile.
Patron - Rust

F HB2147

Unpaved road fund. Allows use of funds set aside in the unpaved road fund for paving unpaved secondary roads or carrying out other secondary system highway construction projects. These funds would be distributed among counties in the secondary system in the same manner as other secondary system construction funds.
Patron - Rust

F HB2185

Interstate Route 81 improvement under Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995. Requires that, if the project involves imposition of tolls, all classes of vehicles must be subject to the tolls.
Patron - Saxman

F HB2202

F HB2249

Primary highway system construction funds allocation. Provides for apportionment of primary highway system construction funds among the nine highway construction districts on the basis of the ratio of vehicle miles traveled on primary system components divided by lane-miles of primary system components in each district.
Patron - Watts

F HB2357

Roger E. Hedgepeth Bridge. Designates the U.S. Business Route 460 bridge on Main Street at the southern boundary of the Town of Blacksburg the "Roger E. Hedgepeth Bridge."
Patron - Shuler

F HB2377

George Fortune, Jr., Memorial Bridges. Designates the Interstate Route 66 bridges over U.S. Route 29 in Fairfax County the "George Fortune, Jr., Memorial Bridges."
Patron - Moran

F HB2383

High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. Repeals the July 1, 2004, "sunset" on use of HOV facilities by vehicles bearing clean special fuel vehicle license plates, regardless of the number of vehicle occupants. This bill is incorporated into HB 2316.
Patron - Moran

F HB2385

High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. Allows use of HOV lanes by personal vehicles being operated by law-enforcement officers, regardless of the number of vehicle occupants.
Patron - Moran

F HB2560

Allocation of highway construction funds. Provides for allocation of highway construction funds in the primary, urban, and secondary highway systems on the basis of the number of registered vehicles.
Patron - Scott

F HB2650

State highway systems. Replaces the primary, secondary, and urban systems of state highways with statewide, regional, and local state highway systems. Funds for projects in the statewide system would be allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) at the project level, based on system priorities. Funds for regional system projects would be allocated on the basis of each region's share of Virginia-registered vehicles. These funds, too, would be allocated by the CTB (in coordination with metropolitan planning organizations and other regional entities) at the project level, based on system priorities. Funds for the local system would be distributed on the basis of centerline miles (weighted 86 percent) and vehicle registrations (weighted 14 percent). For local system projects in municipalities with 5,000 or more inhabitants, the CTB may contribute 98 percent of funds necessary for the project (including the federal portion) if the municipality contributes the rest.
Patron - Marshall, R.G.

F HB2673

Highway construction districts; membership of the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Abolishes the present nine highway construction districts and replaces them with seven regions. The size of the Commonwealth Transportation Board is correspondingly reduced from 17 to 15 members, with three at-large members elected by the House of Delegates and two at-large members elected by the Senate. There are also editorial and technical changes resulting from the change of "highway construction districts" to "regions."
Patron - Lingamfelter

F HB2697

Roadside memorials. Provides for the installation and maintenance along interstate highways of roadside memorials to State Police officers killed in the line of duty.
Patron - Nutter

F HB2709

Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB); "no-trucks route" requests. Requires the CTB to act within 90 days on written requests from county boards of supervisors for "no-trucks route" requests for secondary highways. This bill is incorporated into HB 1457.
Patron - Hugo

F HB2718

Allocation of highway construction funds. Provides that all allocations of primary, secondary, and urban highway system construction funds will be adjusted to reflect construction cost differentials based on topography, elevation, and soil conditions.
Patron - Nutter

F HB2750

Commonwealth Private Investment Inducement Act of 2003. Dedicates one-third of the annual insurance license tax revenue to transportation projects in highway construction districts based on the percentage of the population of the Commonwealth residing in each such district. The portion of such revenues that otherwise would be distributed to: (i) the Northern Virginia Construction District is instead deposited into the Northern Virginia Investment Fund, created under the bill, and used to finance bonds in an amount not to exceed $350 million for specific transportation projects; (ii) the Hampton Roads Construction District is instead deposited into the Hampton Roads Investment Fund, created under the bill, and used to finance bonds in an amount not to exceed $350 million for specific transportation projects in that area; and (iii) the Bristol, Salem, and Staunton Construction District is instead deposited into the Western Virginia Investment Fund, created under the bill, and used to finance bonds in an amount not to exceed $350 million for specific transportation projects in that area. The amount of such bond proceeds utilized must be matched by equal or greater funds from private entities, localities, or both, unless certain conditions exist.
Patron - Rollison

F HJ756

Preservation of Virginia Route 5. Supports the preservation of Virginia Route 5 as a scenic and historic resource of the greatest importance for the understanding of the Commonwealth's history and for its tourist industry.
Patron - Ingram

F SB730

Fund to expedite construction of I-73 in Henry County. Establishes a special fund to expedite construction of I-73 in Henry County. The Fund consists of the first three million dollars of annual collections of state taxes on motor fuels, fees and charges on motor vehicle registrations, road taxes or any other state revenue allocated for highway purposes.
Patron - Reynolds

F SB778

Maintenance and operation of drawbridges in Chesapeake. Requires the Department of Transportation to reimburse the City of Chesapeake for its actual costs incurred in the maintenance and operation of drawbridges within its boundaries.
Patron - Blevins

F SB1024

"Smart Road" fund. Establishes a special fund "off the top" of funds available for highway construction to cover the costs of construction, reconstruction, and improvements to the "Smart Road" at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.
Patron - Reynolds

F SB1108

Allocation of federal highway safety funds. Requires that prior to being allocated for any other purpose, 10 percent of all federal surface transportation program safety funds must be allocated statewide to fund bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements, including but not limited to the Safe Routes to School Program.
Patron - Whipple

F SB1115

Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund. Increases the percentage share of monies deposited into the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund from 14.7 percent to 19 percent.
Patron - Whipple

F SB1179

Route 661 bridge at Atrip. Requires the owner of the Virginia Route 661 bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad, Structure No. 6081, located at Atrip in Russell County to repair and maintain it so as to allow the structure to be posted by the Department of Transportation for a five-ton weight limit.
Patron - Puckett

F SB1270

Allocation of proceeds of Transportation Trust Fund. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Virginia Constitution or federal law, after allocations to the Commonwealth Port Fund, Commonwealth Airport Fund and Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund, all remaining proceeds of the Transportation Trust Fund be distributed for highway construction. The Toll Facilities Revolving Account, the Unpaved Secondary Road Fund, the Industrial and Airport Access fund, the Industrial Rail Access Fund, the Recreational Access Roads and Bikeways Fund, the Northern Virginia Transportation District Program and the Interstate Route 66 Economic Development Program Fund are repealed.
Patron - O'Brien

F SB1271

Secondary highway system construction funds. Allocates secondary highway system construction funds among counties on the basis of the number of vehicles registered in each county.
Patron - O'Brien

F SB1342

Commonwealth Private Investment Inducement Act of 2003. Dedicates the insurance license tax fee to transportation projects in all localities according to the percentage of such revenues attributable to subscribers who reside in each locality. A portion of these proceeds will finance the issuance of bonds that the bill authorizes for transportation projects in 3 regions of the Commonwealth. These 3 regions are the regions encompassed by (i) Arlington County, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Prince William County, the City of Alexandria, the City of Fairfax, the City of Falls Church, the City of Manassas, and the City of Manassas Park; (ii) Isle of Wight County, James City County, York County, the City of Chesapeake, the City of Hampton, the City of Newport News, the City of Norfolk, the City of Poquoson, the City of Portsmouth, the City of Suffolk, the City of Virginia Beach, and the City of Williamsburg; (iii) Augusta County, Botetourt County, Frederick County, Montgomery County, Pulaski County, Roanoke County, Rockbridge County, Rockingham County, Shenandoah County, Smyth County, Warren County, Washington County, Wythe County, the City of Bristol, the City of Harrisonburg, the City of Radford, the City of Salem, the City of Staunton, and the City of Winchester. All funds paid from the revenues provided under this act for the three regions must be matched by equal or greater funds from private entities, localities, or both.
Patron - Williams

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