Highways, Bridges, And Ferries
Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Downtown Tunnel Construction Relief Grant Fund; established. [HB-351]
Downtown Tunnel Construction Relief Grant Fund. Establishes the Downtown Tunnel Construction Relief Grant Fund to provide grants of up to $1,500 to businesses that have suffered economic damage as a result of road closures due to the construction of the Downtown Tunnel Project. The Fund would be administered by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. The act has a July 1, 2015, sunset.
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Income tax, state; deduction for payment of certain tolls. [HB-347]
Taxable income; deduction for payment of certain tolls. Allows a qualified taxpayer to deduct from his Virginia adjusted gross income an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount paid by the taxpayer for tolls in a qualified locality. A qualified locality is one in which the unemployment rate is higher than the statewide average and (i) in which a public-private transportation project that includes tolling is located or (ii) that is adjacent to a locality in which such a project is located. A qualified taxpayer is a taxpayer who resides in a qualified
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Natural gas vehicles; weight limit exception, allowance for Interstate highways. [HB-341]
Natural gas vehicles; weight limit exception. Allows vehicles fueled, wholly or partially, by natural gas to weigh up to 2,000 pounds more than the applicable weight limit on non-Interstate highways. The bill requires the operator of the vehicle to be able to demonstrate that the vehicle uses natural gas.
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Highways, bridges, ferries, rail transportation, etc.; recodifying and revising laws. [HB-311]
Revision of Title 33.1. Creates proposed Title 33.2 (Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems) as a revision of existing Title 33.1 (Highways, Bridges and Ferries), as well as portions of Titles 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), 56 (Public Service Companies), and 58.1 (Taxation). Proposed Title 33.2 consists of 32 chapters divided into four subtitles: Subtitle I (General Provisions and Transportation Entities); Subtitle II (Modes of Transportation: Highways, Bridges, Ferries, Rail, and Public Transportation); Subtitle III (Transportation
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Pedestrians; crossing highways. [HB-277]
Pedestrians crossing highways. Clarifies the duties of vehicles to stop to allow pedestrians to cross highways at marked crosswalks.
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle weight limits; extensions apply also to interstates designated as state primary highways. [HB-27]
Vehicle weight limit extensions. Provides that vehicle weight limit extensions apply also to interstate highways that are simultaneously designated as state primary or secondary highways.
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Telework Grant Program; Program to be administered by Department of Rail and Public Transportation. [HB-237]
Telework Grant Program. Establishes the Telework Grant Program, to be administered by the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, to administer grants in the amount of $250 for individuals who telework at least 20 hours per week for at least 45 weeks of a calendar year.
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Salem Highway Construction District; additional transportation funding, report. [HB-213]
Transportation funding in Salem Highway Construction District. Provides additional funds for transportation in the Salem Highway Construction District by allocating revenue attributable to a portion of economic growth due to or facilitated by the Inland Port in Montgomery County.
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Commonwealth Transportation Board; statewide prioritization process for project selection. [HB-2]
Allocations within highway construction districts. Provides for the development of a prioritization process for projects funded by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Such prioritization shall weight factors such as congestion mitigation, economic development, accessibility, safety, and environmental quality and be applied within each highway construction district.
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Commonwealth Transportation Board; increases membership, terms of members. [HB-169]
Commonwealth Transportation Board; membership. Increases from 18 to 22 the membership of the Commonwealth Transportation Board by adding four citizen members to be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. Of the four new members, one is to be from the Hampton Roads highway construction district, one is to be from the Northern Virginia highway construction district, and two are to be from rural areas.
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Commonwealth Transportation Board; increases membership. [HB-146]
Commonwealth Transportation Board; composition. Increases the size of the Commonwealth Transportation Board by six members (from 18 to 24).Three of the new members are to be members of the House of Delegates: two from the majority party and one from the minority party. The three other new members are to be members of the Virginia Senate: two from the majority party and one from the minority party.
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Commonwealth Transportation Board; removal of members by Governor. [HB-145]
Commonwealth Transportation Board. Provides for removal of members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board by the Governor for malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetence, or gross neglect of duty.
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission; created. [HB-1253]
Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission created. Creates the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission, which is composed of the chief elected officers of the governing bodies of the 14 localities in Planning District 23, two senators, three delegates, and four nonvoting ex officio members. The bill moves the responsibility for approval of projects and the priority of such projects pursuant to the Hampton Roads Transportation Fund from the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) to the Hampton Roads
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Rural Rustic Roads; taking streets into secondary highway system. [HB-1184]
Taking streets into secondary highway system. Provides for the taking of certain streets into the secondary highway system as Rural Rustic Roads under certain conditions.
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Speed limits; increases speed limit on Route 23 and Route 58. [HB-1164]
Maximum speed limits. Permits the increase of the maximum speed limit on U.S. Route 23 and U.S. Alternate Route 58 to 60 miles per hour subsequent to a traffic study.
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Trails; allocation of federal funds for establishment and maintenance. [HB-1163]
Allocation of federal funds for establishment and maintenance of trails. Allows the Commonwealth Transportation Board to allocate eligible federal funds for use in the establishment and maintenance of trails.
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Private roads; designation as highways for law-enforcement purposes in Greene County. [HB-1144]
Law enforcement of private roads in Greene County. Provides that the governing body of Greene County may designate private roads in residential developments with 25 or more lots as highways for law-enforcement purposes.
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; General Assembly approval of schedule of tolls and fees. [HB-1136]
Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; approval of schedule of tolls and fees. Prohibits the inclusion in a comprehensive agreement under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 of a schedule of tolls or user fees for a road, highway, tunnel, or bridge unless the General Assembly, by joint resolution, has approved the schedule. The measure also requires that any user fees provided for in a comprehensive agreement be set forth in a schedule that has been approved by the General Assembly.
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Banister River; Scenic River designation. [HB-1116]
Scenic River designation. Extends the State Scenic River designation of the Banister River from the current 38.4 miles to 63.3 miles.
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
CTB Six-Year Improvement Program; requirements. [HB-1100]
CTB Six-Year Improvement Program. Requires that the Commonwealth Transportation Board's Six-Year Improvement Program give priority to either projects that are expected to provide the greatest congestion reduction relative to the cost of the project or projects that promote economic development and promote commerce and trade within the highway construction district where they are located.