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Virginia agrees on a $4 billion plan to pay for HRBT expansion
Virginia agrees on a $4 billion plan to pay for HRBT expansion
Two new tunnels, with two lanes apiece, aim to fix the region’s biggest traffic bottleneck.
Management of Hampton Roads Regional Transportation Funds On March 8, 2014, the General Assembly adopted HB1253/SB513, which provides for the creation of the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission (HRTAC) in order to manage the Hampton Roads Transportation Fund (HRTF) revenues for the Hampton Roads region.
Signed into law on April 3, 2014 by Governor Terry McAuliffe, the HRTAC became effective on July 1, 2014. Comprised of locally elected officials, the commission has the organizational structure and leadership in place to determine how new regional money - approximately $200 million annually - will be invested in transportation projects. The new funding is part of the transportation funding package passed by the General Assembly last year. The 23-member commission consists of mayors from local governments, state legislators from the region and area Commonwealth Transportation Board members. Decisions are based on a two-thirds majority vote of elected officials on the commission, representing at least two-thirds of the region’s population.
Operating as usual
Virginia agrees on a $4 billion plan to pay for HRBT expansion
Two new tunnels, with two lanes apiece, aim to fix the region’s biggest traffic bottleneck.
Six new toll scenarios being considered for Hampton Roads
Under a new road funding proposal, Hampton Roads could see more tolls by 2022.
Legislation proposed to limit tolls in Hampton Roads
A leading member of one the most powerful transportation committees in Hampton Roads said Thursday he plans to sponsor legislation that limits tolling on existing highways and bridge-tunnels.
Transportation leaders considering more tolls on local crossings
Local transportation leaders will be talking about the possibility of putting up more tolls at crossings across Hampton Roads.
More tolls for more bridges and tunnels?
It's what some are now referring to as the Ring of Fire: a set of tolls that would make drivers pay on almost every single bridge, tunnel and major highway in Hampton Roads.
Adding tolls to HRBT, Monitor-Merrimac, High-Rise Bridge not feasable, board says
Transportation board members largely agreed Thursday that the idea to expand several major crossings, build the Patriots Crossing and using tolls to help pay for it all is not feasible.
New highway plan considers $2 tolls on HRBT, MMBT, High-Rise Bridge | Southside Daily
A new financial plan for the region’s highway network includes scenarios of $1 or $2 tolls on all lanes of an expanded Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel and High-Rise Bridge. The plan is being reviewed this week by city officials and representatives from across Ham…
Tolls could be slated for busy Peninsula highway networks
A plan calling for $1 and $2 tolls on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel and the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel will make its way to transportation officials on Thursday.
Virginia Beach road projects on region’s $1.9 billion wish list to state | Southside Daily
Stricter Penalties, Safer Roads | Bacon's Rebellion
I will concede this upfront: Bacon playing with statistics is like a toddler playing with a gun. Nothing good can come of it. With that word of warning, I ask readers to indulge me for a moment.
Closing the Books on U.S. 460 Fiasco | Bacon's Rebellion
The state will recover $46 million from US 460 Mobility Partners for work never performed on a 55-mile highway between Petersburg and Suffolk, reports the Virginian-Pilot. Under the settlement negotiated with the McAuliffe administration, US 460 will keep about $210 million of the payments it receiv…
Banks to bridge Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel project finances | Inside Business
By Nate Delesline III [email protected] The final piece of the financial structure that will help facilitate financing of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel's parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel project is now in place.
How Virginia paid more than $250 million for a road that never got built
The failed toll road in the southeast colors the state’s view on how to add lanes on I-66 in Northern Virginia.
Events Calendar | Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission
Virginia legislators look to tinker with young HRTAC
RICHMOND — Since its inception, the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission has had growing pains.
Attorney general addresses HRTAC quorums, conflict of interest
After sitting idle on its plans to secure a financial institution that would potentially bank billions in taxpayer funds for major regional road projects, members of the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission (HRTAC) might now have the momentum — and clarity — to proceed…
Fees mount as Hampton Roads transportation group delays bank decision
One of the newest transportation organizations in the region is still without a bank to deposit tax money collected from the Hampton Roads Transportation Fund — and it's costing taxpayers money as officials wait.
http://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2014/12/10/hrtac-listens-speaks-in-north-suffolk/
The commission established by the General Assembly to build the road projects ...
Public-private road deals could face more oversight
The proposal by Gov. Terry McAuliffe seeks to increase oversight and transparency amid anger over a deal struck under the McDonnell administration: the Midtown-Downtown Tunnel toll project.
McAuliffe, Jones, back transportation reforms
Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced the basics of a plan to tighten control of the state's planning process on some of its largest transportation projects Wednesday, saying forthcoming new regulations will help Virginia avoid another U.S. 460.
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VDOT issues travel weather warning:
http://wtkr.com/2014/11/25/vdot-issues-travel-weather-warning/
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Third crossing plans make it into transportation budget | Inside Business
By Reynolds Hutchins [email protected] It looks as if plans for the third crossing of Hampton Roads will make it into the area's regional transportation budget this year.
Impatience carries a toll
Even though last year's transportation compromise is producing a ton of money, decades of inaction in Richmond mean it won't be enough soon enough.
What is the HRTAC's financial plan? Check it out here !
Check out the bylaws and legislative grounds for the new HRTAC !!
Check out all of the media coverage on the new HRTAC !!
DAILY PRESS, NEWPORT NEWS, VA: TOWNE BANK ADVISORS HAVE VOTING RIGHTS IN HAMPTON ROADS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION 9/15/2014
Come to the HRTAC Public Information meeting in Suffolk !!!
HRTAC Chair Mayor Alan Krasnoff (Chesapeake) Addresses CTB at Six-Year Improvement Program...
At the September 25, 2014 Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP) Public Hearing hosted by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, members of the public were invited to weigh-in on the SYIP and meet with transportation officials from across the Commonwealth. HRTAC Chair, Mayor Alan Krasnoff (Chesapeake)…
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