Highways, Bridges, And Ferries
Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Bicycles; Town Council of Blacksburg to permit operation in either direction on one-way streets. [HB-857]
Bicycles in Blacksburg. Authorizes the Town Council of Blacksburg to permit operation of bicycles in either direction on one-way streets.
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HOV lanes; extends sunset provision on use by vehicles with clean special fuel license plates. [HB-85]
HOV lanes; use by vehicle with clean special fuel license plates. Requires the Commissioner of Highways to report annually to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Transportation Committees on those HOV facilities whose high traffic volume has resulted in a degraded condition as identified by federal law. This report is to be used by the Chairmen as the basis for recommendations for further restrictions on the use of HOV facilities by clean special fuel vehicles.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Edgar Mullins Bridge; designating as bridge on Route 666 and on South Mountain Road in Wise County. [HB-844]
Edgar Mullins Bridge. Names the bridge on Virginia Route 666 and on South Mountain Road in Pound in Wise County the "Edgar Mullins Bridge."
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Transportation districts; repeals allocation of funds. [HB-827]
Transportation districts. Repeals the allocation of funds to transportation districts.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Virginia Pump Toll; established. [HB-802]
Transportation funding and administration; Virginia Pump Toll ("FareShare"). Imposes the Virginia Pump Toll ("FareShare"), in the amount of (i) $0.50 on each use of a retail motor fuels pump and an additional $0.50 when purchasing 35 or more gallons; (ii) $1.00 on each 12-gallon sale of gasoline (other than for resale) from a transport truck or tank wagon and on each 60-gallon sale of diesel fuel (other than for resale) from a transport truck or tank wagon; (iii) an amount to be determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Speed limits; shall be 35 miles per hour on nonsurface treated highways. [HB-800]
Nonsurface-treated highways. Allows counties to adopt an ordinance that the speed limit on nonsurface-treated roads shall be 35 miles per hour. Current law restricts the 35 mph speed limit to certain counties.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Following too closely; includes bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, mopeds, etc. [HB-785]
Following too closely. Includes bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds among vehicles that the driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow more closely than is reasonable.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Tolls; prohibits on Interstate 95 without approval of General Assembly. [HB-778]
Tolls; Interstate Highway System. Prohibits tolling on Interstate 95 without the approval of the General Assembly.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Littering; defines and provides for penalties based on gravity of offense. [HB-758]
Littering; penalties. Defines littering and provides for penalties for littering, based on the gravity of the offense, and subsequent littering offenses. The bill allows counties, cities, and towns to adopt litter control ordinances pursuant to, and to enforce, its provisions.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Performance guarantees; street construction. [HB-731]
Performance guarantees; street construction. Allows localities to retain full performance guarantees until streets in a new development are accepted by the state agency, local government department or agency, or other public authority that is responsible for maintaining and operating such public facility. The bill also provides that if a developer is in default with regard to street completions in another development within a locality, the locality may withhold acceptance of securities or plat approvals. Furthermore, a locality may withhold building
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Highway work zones; required to be marked with warning signs with attached flashing lights. [HB-72]
Highway work zones. Requires highway work zones to be clearly marked with warning signs and attached flashing lights for projects covered by contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2012.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Integrated Directional Sign Program; adds term retail. [HB-71]
Integrated Directional Sign Program. Adds the term "retail" to the Integrated Directional Sign Program, commonly referred to as the "logo sign" program.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Highway maintenance funds; allocation of funds. [HB-699]
Highway maintenance funds. Provides that when allocating funds for the interstate system of highways, the primary system of state highways, and the secondary system of state highways maintained by the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall consider achieving a minimal level of disparity among highway construction districts in meeting asset performance standards. Prior to such allocation, the Board shall release for public review a comparison of the proposed allocation of funds by highway construction district with an allocation
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
HOV lanes; extends sunset provision on use by vehicles with clean special fuel license plates. [HB-693]
HOV lanes; use by vehicle with clean special fuel license plates. Extends until July 1, 2013, the sunset on use of high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes by vehicles bearing clean special fuel license plates, regardless of the number of occupants.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Solar photovoltaic power production projects; VDOT to lease space within highway rights-of-way. [HB-660]
Lease of highway space for solar electric production. Provides for VDOT analysis of desirability of leasing space within highway rights-of-way for solar photovoltaic power production projects.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Transportation Board; increases number of members. [HB-659]
Commonwealth Transportation Board; composition. Increases the number of members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board to 18 and changes the areas of representation to the congressional districts. The bill also assigns the at-large members to specific transportation areas.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Outdoor advertising; permit application fees. [HB-646]
Permit applications for outdoor advertising. Defines "billboard sign" and does away with the Certification Acceptance Program, which allowed an entity with five or more signs to self-inspect and certify its compliance with the regulations in lieu of paying a permit fee. The bill also raises application fees for permits for advertising.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project; use of state funds. [HB-627]
Dulles Metrorail Project. Makes use of state funds for Phase II of the Dulles Metrorail Project subject to certain conditions.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Highway noise; governing body of locality may evaluate from highways it may designate for analysis. [HB-626]
Highway noise; certain reports by VDOT required. Allows the local governing body of any county, city, or town, at its own expense, to evaluate noise from highways it may designate for analysis.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Advertising; within the limits of the highway, increases civil penalty, localities to share penalty. [HB-616]
Advertising within the limits of the highway; penalties. Increases the civil penalty for advertising within the limits of the highways to $250. The bill also allows localities to remove advertisements and to then share the penalty equally with the Fund.