Virginia receives $57.3M in bonus funding to push roads projects
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The Commonwealth of Virginia has received an additional $57.3 million in federal funds for transportation originally allocated to other states.
Search Results for Interstate 64
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Report: State road improvements long overdue
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The American Society of Civil Engineers yesterday released its 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, giving Virginia an overall rating of D+.
McDonnell releases roads list
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Gov. Bob McDonnell’s comprehensive, long term transportation funding proposal, “Virginia’s Road to the Future,” would provide the Virginia Department of Transportation with approximately $1.28 billion in new state funding that could be used for 158 highway projects providing a significant investment in improving interstate pavement, secondary system bridges, mass-transit, unpaved roads and other high priority projects.
AAA: Best and worst in Virginia transportation in 2012
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“One-and-done” is a phrase oft-used to describe the NBA’s controversial draft eligibility rule. Yet it also describes what happens to a team when it wins in the first round of the playoffs, only to lose in the second round. Most transportation projects can take “roughly 1 to 3 construction seasons from funded year to completion.” They aren’t “one and done” undertakings.
State Police: Busy with travel issues related to winter weather
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Virginia State Police troopers and supervisors have been spent the day going from crash to crash along Interstates 64 and 81 in the Augusta, Nelson and Albemarle counties. Slick road conditions have attributed to the majority of the crashes. The majority of crashes have involved only damage – no injuries – as the crashes have…
Virginia receives $52M in bonus federal funding for roads projects
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that the Virginia Department of Transportation has received an additional $52 million in federal funds that was originally allocated to other states.
Environmental group concerned about one-size-fits-all approach to I-81
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The news from Thursday that the Virginia Department of Transportation is initiating environmental work related to Interstate 81 widening in the Roanoke Valey was met with some concern by a Shenandoah Valley environmental group
Andy Schmookler: Goodlatte’s extreme vote on roads bill
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Mr. Goodlatte, I saw that you voted against the measure to fund transportation. Why? Surely you know that our roads and bridges and other infrastructure are in bad shape
Railroad work to cause road closures
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Portions of Route 262 (Woodrow Wilson Parkway) in Augusta County and Route 340 (Eastside Highway) in Rockingham County will be closed for railroad work
New signs will help motorists ‘Reach the Beach’
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Beginning Wednesday, May 23, motorists will be able to take the quickest route to the beach by following new signs that will display real-time traffic times
