Interstate Route 81; Department of Transportation to address urgently needed improvements thereof. (SR19)
Introduced By
Sen. Emmett Hanger (R-Mount Solon)
Progress
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Description
Interstate Route 81 corridor; report. Requests the Virginia Department of Transportation to address urgently needed improvements to the Interstate Route 81 corridor in Virginia, including: (i) plan for and construct additional capacity as needed to accommodate increasing traffic and address safety concerns; (ii) direct federal highway construction aid to critical safety and capacity improvements including 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 and private rail companies, an east-west rail project and a north-south rail project that will have the effect of reducing the number of trucks traveling the I-81 corridor. View Full Text »
Status
03/07/2006: Passed the Senate
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