By Matt Birch
Capital News Service

RICHMOND – Golf carts aren’t just for carrying golfers and their clubs down fairways. In towns such as Colonial Beach, the vehicles carry residents and tourists down public roadways as well.

The motorized carts are a form of alternative transportation for short distances – and can be more fuel-efficient and cheaper to maintain than automobiles.

Under two bills making their way through the General Assembly, more golf carts soon could be tooling along public roads in Virginia.

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