Changes to I-81 considered in Va General Assembly
- From: "Larry Gross" <gross.larry@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 31 Jan 2006 02:32:03 -0800
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 165
RESOLVED by the Senate, House of Delegates concurring, That the General
Assembly hereby request the Virginia Department of Transportation
forthwith to halt all negotiations with STAR Solutions under the
Public-Private Transportation Act for the construction of improvements
to Interstate Route 81 in Virginia; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the General Assembly request that the Virginia
Department of Transportation address urgently needed improvements to
the Interstate Route 81 Corridor by expeditiously taking the following
actions: (i) plan for and construct one additional northbound lane and
one additional southbound lane on Interstate Route 81, with additional
lanes as needed to accommodate higher traffic volumes in the vicinity
of cities, towns, and employment centers and at other traffic choke
points; (ii) direct federal highway construction aid available to
Virginia under the recently passed SAFETEA-LU and other federal
legislation to the construction of dedicated, nonseparated, nontoll
truck-only lanes on Interstate Route 81, including, where appropriate,
additional lanes to assist trucks in climbing steep grades; and (iii)
plan and develop, with the cooperation of the Virginia Department of
Rail and Public Transportation, an east-west rail project that will
have the effect of reducing the number of trucks traveling the
Interstate Route 81 Corridor;
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+SJ165
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