Transportation Compromise Moves Forward, Gains Critics
The bill aiming to build consensus around Bob McDonnell's plan to bring $3 billion to transportation projects met with mixed reviews.
By Whitney Spicer Capital News Service Critics of the transportation funding compromise reached by legislative negotiators say the plan would place a huge burden on Virginia taxpayers. The Virginia House of Delegates Friday passed House Bill 2313, which would raise about $900 million a year for transportation and transit projects. The 98-page compromise must win approval the Senate before it can be signed into law by the governor. The legislative session ends Saturday. The new plan, which was hammered out by a 10-member conference committee over the past week, would potentially raise close to $900 million a year in transportation revenue. It could be the first transportation funding overhaul in Virginia since 1986 if it passes this week…
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Ann H Csonka
4:35 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
The Guv loves more highway lanes, yet pretends to remove the gas tax (for those who use the highway and shift it to wholesale which indirectly increases the cost of gasoline--what a dumb dishonest way to tax consumers). The Guv's boondoggle new Rt. 460 is opposed by those in the area, destroys precious wetlands, and the money would be better-spent on improvements ot the parallel existing highway… more ›