Highways, Bridges, And Ferries
Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Hampton Roads & Northern Virginia Transportation Authorities; repeal authority impose fees or taxes. [SB-724]
Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia Transportation Authorities. Repeals the authority of the Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia Transportation Authorities to impose fees or taxes, and provides that each local governing body embraced by the Hampton Roads or the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority may impose the taxes and fees that were previously authorized for imposition by the respective Authorities. All revenues from such local taxes and fees would be required to be transferred to the respective Authority.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kenneth Cuccinelli Senate: Left In Finance on 02/13/2008
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HOT lanes; additional lanes on I-95 or I-395 in or between Arlington County & Spotsylvania County. [SB-720]
HOT lane construction contracts. Requires that any contract for the construction of any additional lanes on Interstate Route 95 or Interstate Route 395 in or between Arlington County and Spotsylvania County must specify that average vehicle speeds of at least 45 miles per hour must be maintained along Interstate Route 95 or Interstate Route 395 between the Capital Beltway and the southern terminus of the HOT lanes on Interstate Route 95. The contract must also specify monetary penalties to be paid by the contractor or operator of the HOT lanes
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker Senate: Left In Transportation on 02/13/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Motor fuels tax; rate increase. [SB-713]
Motor fuels taxes. Increases the state motor fuels tax rate by $0.05 per gallon in increments of $0.01 per gallon in each of the next five fiscal years with the revenues deposited to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Saslaw House: Tabled In Finance (14-y 6-n) on 02/25/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Transportation Commissioner; contracts for grounds keeping, mowing, etc. on highways in Reston. [SB-71]
Powers of CTC. Allows the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner (CTC) to enter into contracts with Reston for grounds keeping, mowing, and litter removal on highways within Reston.
Sponsored by: Sen. Janet Howell Senate: Stricken At Request Of Patron In Transportation (14-y 0-n) on 01/17/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Hampton Roads Transportation Authority; abolishes Authority, taxes, etc., dedicated to operation. [SB-676]
Hampton Roads Transportation Authority. Abolishes the Authority and the taxes, fees, and charges dedicated to financing its operation and programs.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Miller Senate: Committee Substitute Printed 083538275-s1 on 02/07/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Hampton Roads Transportation Authority; power to enter into design-build contracts. [SB-660]
Hampton Roads Transportation Authority. Gives the Hampton Roads Transportation Authority the power to enter into design-build contracts for construction of projects.
Sponsored by: Sen. Yvonne Miller Senate: Stricken From Senate Calendar (40-y 0-n) on 01/23/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Jerry Falwell Parkway; designating as portion of Route 460 between City of Lynchburg & Campbell Co. [SB-654]
Jerry Falwell Parkway. Designates U.S. 460 between the Monacan Bridge in the City of Lynchburg and Wards Road in Campbell County the "Jerry Falwell Parkway."
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Newman Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0044) on 02/27/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes; revises procedures for enforcing violations. [SB-570]
HOT Lanes. Revises procedures for enforcement of High-Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes violations. This bill is identical to
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Saslaw Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0280) on 03/06/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Environmental impact reports; requires county, city, or town to submit report on highway projects. [SB-43]
Environmental impact reports; highway projects. Requires an environmental impact report in connection with a local highway construction, reconstruction, or improvement project only when such a project is estimated to cost more than $1 million. The current threshold amount requiring such a report is $100,000. This bill is identical to
Sponsored by: Sen. Yvonne Miller Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0473) on 03/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Bland County; State to convey an easement across certain property therein along Route 665. [SB-421]
Conveyance of property owned by the Commonwealth; easement; Bland County. Authorizes the Commonwealth to convey an easement across certain property in the County of Bland along State Route 665 to Elmo Sadler.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Puckett Senate: Continued To 2009 In Courts Of Justice (15-y 0-n) on 02/04/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Tractor-trailer combinations; local ordinances prohibiting use of certain highways. [SB-407]
Local ordinances prohibiting use of certain highways by tractor-trailer combinations. Allows the governing body of any county, city, or town by ordinance to prohibit the use of any highway within its boundaries by tractor-trailer combinations when, in the sole judgment of the local governing body, tractor-trailer combinations are unable safely to negotiate such highway.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Puckett Senate: Continued To 2009 In Transportation (15-y 0-n) on 01/31/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Comprehensive highway access management standards; Commissioner to promulgate in phases. [SB-370]
Comprehensive highway access management standards; implementation. Requires that the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner promulgate comprehensive highway access management standards in phases. Those standards relating to principal arterial roads shall become effective on July 1, 2008, and those relating to minor arterial roads shall become effective on October 1, 2009. The Commissioner will be subject to the Administrative Process Act for those regulations effective on October 1, 2009. This bill is identical to
Sponsored by: Sen. John Watkins Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0274) on 03/06/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Statewide Rail Plan; Transportation Board to establish. [SB-371]
Statewide Rail Plan. Requires that the Commonwealth Transportation Board develop a Statewide Rail Plan, which shall set forth an inventory of rail needs based upon established goals, objectives, and priorities including promotion of increased passenger rail service and increased freight rail capacity.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Watkins House: Left In Transportation on 03/10/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Toll facilities, state; purchaser thereof that is non-State entity to agree to open meetings. [SB-342]
Transfer of state toll facilities. Requires the purchaser of a state toll facility that is a non-Commonwealth public or private entity to agree in writing to conduct all business of the newly acquired toll facility in open meetings under the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kenneth Cuccinelli Senate: Continued To 2009 In General Laws And Technology (13-y 0-n) on 02/06/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Toll facilities, state; approval by local referendum of any contract that would transfer control. [SB-343]
Transfer of state toll facilities. Requires prior approval by local referendum of any contract or agreement that would transfer control of a state toll facility to any non-Commonwealth public or private entity.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kenneth Cuccinelli Senate: Passed By Indefinitely In Privileges And Elections (14-y 1-n) on 02/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Greenhouse gas emissions; mandatory reporting. [SB-234]
Greenhouse gas emissions; mandatory reporting. Requires that the State Air Pollution Control Board adopt regulations requiring the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources. The regulations would apply only to those sources that emit more than a de minimis amount of greenhouse gas and that are already required to report emissions of other air pollutants. To the extent possible, reporting requirements will incorporate standards and protocols developed by other widely recognized and verified greenhouse gas inventory programs. Beginning
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds House: Left In Commerce And Labor on 03/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Transportation Plan; include quantifiable measures & achievable goals for greenhouse gas emission. [SB-233]
Statewide Transportation Plan. Requires that the Statewide Transportation Plan include quantifiable measures and achievable goals for carbon dioxide gas emissions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Whipple House: Continued To 2009 In Transportation on 03/06/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Income tax, state; toll payment tax credit. [SB-194]
Income tax; toll payment tax credit. Provides a tax credit against individual income tax for taxpayers making electronic toll collection payments, such as Smart Tag, in an amount equal to 10% of the total amount paid annually for tolls on Virginia highways, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2008.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Herring Senate: Failed To Report (defeated) In Finance (2-y 12-n) on 02/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Highway construction; increases cost of project using state or local employees. [SB-189]
Highway construction by state or local employees. Increases the maximum cost of a project that may be undertaken using state or local employees to $600,000; and provides that the Board may enter into a written agreement with a locality for the building and maintenance of roads by local employees so long as the locality has obtained a cost estimate of not more than $1 million.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0472) on 03/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Statewide Transportation Plan; VDOT, etc. to include regional goals and performance measures. [SB-186]
VDOT statistical information. Requires VDOT to collect and report certain statistical information.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Herring House: Left In Transportation on 03/10/2008