Highways, Bridges, And Ferries
Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Trooper Robert A. Hill Memorial Bridge; designating as bridge over Route 58 in Southampton County. [HB-1464]
Trooper Robert A. Hill Memorial Bridge. Designates the Virginia Route 687 bridge over U.S. Route 58 in Southampton County the "Trooper Robert A. Hill Memorial Bridge."
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Carrico Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0197) on 03/05/2008
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VDOT; waiver of certain entrance sight-distance requirements. [HB-1454]
VDOT entrance sight-distance requirements. Provides that in any county having a population of less than 40,000, the Virginia Department of Transportation must waive entrance sight-distance requirements for entrances to buildings used by emergency fire and rescue organizations when such entrances connect to highways where there is no posted speed limit.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Nutter House: Continued To 2009 In Transportation By Voice Vote on 02/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Hampton Roads Transportation Authority; abolishes Authority, taxes, etc., dedicated to operation. [HB-1444]
Hampton Roads Transportation Authority. Abolishes the Authority and the taxes, fees, and charges dedicated to financing its operation and programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. G. Glenn Oder House: Left In Transportation on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Golf carts; operation on public highways within boundaries of Town of Claremont. [HB-1429]
Golf carts on public highways. Allows the operation of golf carts on public highways within the boundaries of the Town of Claremont.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Barlow Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0196) on 03/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Rural rustic road program; increases maximum average daily traffic volume for roads. [HB-1406]
Rural rustic road program. Increases from 1,000 to 1,500 vehicles per day the maximum average daily traffic volume for roads to be eligible to participate in the rural rustic road program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0195) on 03/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Highway construction funds, primary and secondary; funds allocation. [HB-1385]
Allocation of primary and secondary highway construction funds. Revises the formulas used to allocate primary and secondary highway construction funds so that such funds are allocated on the basis of population.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Left In Transportation on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes; prohibits designation thereof on certain portions of I-95. [HB-135]
HOT lanes. Prohibits the designation of HOT lanes on any portion of I-95 between the Potomac River and the City of Fredericksburg.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Nichols House: Left In Transportation on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Public road easements; maintenance of certain roads not abandoned. [HB-1320]
Road easements; maintenance and improvements. Provides that any property owner, along a road that serves as the primary means of ingress and egress to more than one property, may maintain, repair, or improve the road without the express permission of the other property owners.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe May Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0599) on 03/18/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Hampton Roads Transportation Authority; procedures to be followed. [HB-1304]
Hampton Roads Transportation Authority. Provides specific procedures to be followed by the Authority in making legislative requests and recommendations to the General Assembly. The bill also provides that no tax or fee to be charged or imposed and dedicated to financing its operation and programs pursuant to Chapter 896 of the Acts of Assembly of 2007 (House Bill No. 3202) shall be imposed or collected prior to July 1, 2009.
Sponsored by: Rep. G. Glenn Oder House: Left In Transportation on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Bridge replacement & repair; Transportation Board to award contracts for design-build procurement. [HB-1301]
Powers of CTB; bridge replacement and repair. Allows the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) to award contracts for the design-build procurement of bridge replacement and bridge repair projects.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Nichols House: Continued To 2009 In Transportation By Voice Vote on 01/31/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Bridge and safety funding; prioritization by Transportation Board. [HB-1288]
Bridge and safety funding prioritization by CTB. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) to make the replacement and/or repair of bridges in the Commonwealth that are of the same or substantially similar design to the Interstate Route 35W bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on August 1, 2007, the highest priority for all available bridge and safety funding.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Continued To 2009 In Transportation By Voice Vote on 02/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Highway systems; eliminates three-tier aspect of revenue-sharing program. [HB-1286]
Local revenue-sharing highway projects. Eliminates the three-tier aspect of the revenue-sharing program, allows localities to contribute up to 90 percent of their share in the form of proffers, and provides that 90 percent of project funding will be from VDOT and 10 percent from the locality. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. Clifford Athey House: Incorporated By Transportation (hb111-scott, E.t.) By Voice Vote on 02/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Motor fuels tax; rate increase. [HB-1266]
Motor fuel tax; increase. Increases the tax on gasoline, diesel fuel, and alternative fuel by $0.055 per gallon; increases the motor carrier road tax by an equivalent of $0.055 per gallon of fuel used in the Commonwealth; and increases the alternative use fee for certain motor carriers from $100 to $150 (the fee is an alternative to paying the motor carrier road tax). The revenue generated is used for transportation purposes as required by existing law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Hull House: Failed To Report (defeated) In Finance (2-y 16-n) on 02/04/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Environmental impact reports; requires county, city, or town to submit report on highway projects. [HB-1259]
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 incorporates
Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0045) on 03/04/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Greenhouse gas emissions; mandatory reporting. [HB-1230]
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. The Board is also authorized to adopt regulations that require those same parties to report greenhouse gas emissions from fleets of motor vehicles. Beginning in 2008, the Virginia
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin House: Left In Commerce And Labor on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Tolls; State Corporation Commission authority to approve or revise rates charged. [HB-1140]
Virginia Highway Corporation Act; authority of SCC. Directs the State Corporation Commission (SCC), in setting tolls under the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 during the period January 1, 2013, through January 1, 2020, to approve requests to increase toll rates by a percentage that (i) is equal to the increase in the consumer price index from the date the Commission last approved a toll increase, plus one percent, (ii) is equal to the increase in the real gross domestic product from the date the Commission last approved a toll increase,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joe May Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0841) on 04/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Highway systems; revenue-sharing funds therefor in certain counties, cities, and towns. [HB-111]
"Revenue-sharing" funds for highway systems in certain counties, cities, and towns. Provides that, from additional revenues made available by the General Assembly after January 1, 2008, and appropriated for the improvement, construction, or reconstruction of the systems of state highways, the Commonwealth Transportation Board must make an equivalent matching allocation to any county, city, or town for designations by the governing body of up to $1 million in county, city, or town general funds for use by the county, city, or town to improve, construct,
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Sponsored by: No sponsors Senate: Failed To Pass In Senate on 03/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Highway construction, primary system; funds allocation. [HB-1108]
Primary system highway construction funds allocation. Allocates primary system highway construction funds among the nine highway construction districts on the basis of the ratio of vehicle miles traveled on primary highways divided by the lane miles of primary highways in each highway construction district, weighted 90 percent, and a need factor, weighted 10 percent.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Rust House: Stricken From Docket By Transportation By Voice Vote on 02/07/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Outdoor advertising; local governments ability to limit or remove signs.. [HB-1105]
Outdoor advertising. Gives local governments increased ability to limit or remove nonconforming billboard signs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Bouchard House: Continued To 2009 In Transportation By Voice Vote on 02/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Traffic control measures; financing for application and installation. [HB-1032]
Traffic control measures. Provides that nothing in Title 33.1 is to be construed to prevent the acceptance by the Department of Transportation of private financing for the application and installation of traffic control measures.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0471) on 03/14/2008