CTB approves six-year roads plan

Chris Graham

The Commonwealth Transportation Board has approved $11.4 billion in allocations for transportation improvement projects over the next six years beginning July 1. The Six-Year Improvement Program distributes funding for highway, road and bridge projects as well as rail, transit, bicycle, pedestrian and other improvements

Median project to enhance safety on Afton Mountain

Chris Graham

A project to help increase safety by reducing median cross-over crashes has been awarded by Commissioner of Highways Gregory A. Whirley on April 3.  The $2.7 million contract is awarded to Bullington Construction Inc. of Indian Trail, NC. The project is located on Interstate 64 on Afton Mountain near the borders of Augusta, Nelson and…

Warner urges House to pass transportation bill

Chris Graham

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) today urged the U.S. House to take up a bipartisan Senate transportation bill before the March 31st cut-off of federal funding impacts jobs and ongoing transportation projects across Virginia and the rest of the country. The Senate’s two-year proposal supports an estimated 39,800 highway construction and transit jobs in…