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Category Archives: Government Policy
The Cities Doubling Down on Highways
Kimberly writes us to mention an excellent article in The Atlantic, “The Cities Doubling Down on Highways. Physically expanding roads doesn’t cure congestion. So why are places like Arkansas spending millions to do just that? The real answer is similar … Continue reading
Virginia Seeks Federal Grant For Extension of I-95 Toll Express Lanes
The Virginia Department of (Road) Transportation has decided that the I-95 Toll Express Lanes should be extended because of the daily traffic jams that occur where they currently end. The plan is to push the merge further south. Virginia has … Continue reading
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WaPo’s Dr Gridlock Hosting Aubrey Layne for Online Chat, Monday 3/28 12:00 Noon
The Washington Post’s Dr Gridlock will host Virginia Secretary of Transportation, Aubrey Layne, for a live online chat on Monday 3/28/2016. This is a great opportunity to ask your questions about the status of VDOT’s I-66 Transformation Outside the Beltway … Continue reading
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TPB Accepting Comments for I-66 Outside the Beltway for Air Quality Testing
The Metropolitan Washington Transportation Planning Board (TPB) is considering air quality conformity testing that will support adding I-66 Corridor Improvements Outside the Beltway to their Financially Constrained Long Range Plan (CLRP). The project needs to be added to the CLRP … Continue reading
Revised Enviromental Public Comments Due Tuesday, February 9th — I-66 Outside the Beltway
Last summer, VDOT requested Environmental Assessment public comments for the I-66 widening project, and hundreds of folks responded with substantive comments. The public comment period is required by Federal law, and the Federal Highway Administration (FWHA) must review the comments … Continue reading
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VDOT Revises I-66 Environmental Assessment
VDOT has provided a revised Environmental Assessment, the document they received public comments for last June. Hundreds of comments were received on the original document about the environmental and human negative impacts of this project alone. The January 2016 revision … Continue reading
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Transurban Ready to March North to DC
A private toll company is about to get a huge holiday present from Virginia taxpayers, who will again be forced to pay tolls to use the highway they already built and paid for. Why is Virginia about to give away … Continue reading
Posted in Government Policy, Tolls, Transportation Planning
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Virginia’s Public/Private Partnership Experience
Public/Private Partnerships (P3) have been in the news a lot recently in Virginia. The I-495 Express Lanes project was one of the first big P3 transportation deals, followed by the I-95 Express Lanes. Although both were touted as private industry … Continue reading
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VDOT Quietly Publishes I-66 Concession Terms
VDOT and Virginia’s Office of Public-Private Partnerships have recently published their Transform 66 Draft Terms (business terms) for a Public/Private Partnership (P3) for I-66, and those terms are quite interesting. This is the language likely to be adopted into any … Continue reading
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Thank you to all who sent comments to VDOT and asked them to hear your concerns
VDOT’s comment period for the I-66 Outside the Beltway Tier 2 Assessment closed on June 18, 2015. Thank you to all who took the time to send in your comments to VDOT about the effects of this project. Keep watching … Continue reading
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Transform 66 Wisely 