News Stories Tagged "VDOT"

Ire Rises With Plans for Tower

Leesburg Residents Say Dominion Power Pole Will Be a Blight

Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008

Last spring, Dominion Virginia Power officials contacted Kim Graff to ask whether they could gain access to her property to install a steel pole more than 100 feet high behind her Leesburg neighborhood. The pole would be part of the transmission line they were building from Leesburg to Hamilton, they said. Read story and 7 comments »

Officials Break Ground on Roundabout Projects

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Officials from the Route 50 Task Force and the Virginia Department of Transportation broke ground on a $15.8 million roundabout project in the Gilbert's Corner area Friday afternoon in southern Loudoun. Read story »

Plan Would Cut N.Va. Roads Funds 44%

Slowing Economy, Lack of Legislative Fix Create Shortfall

Thursday, April 17, 2008

State lawmakers' failure to increase funding for transportation improvements or come up with a way to allow Northern Virginia to raise its own taxes for such projects will result in a 44 percent reduction in statewide spending for roads over six years, according to projections released yesterday. Read story »

Bill Sets Up Refund for Unconstitutional Road Taxes

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) signed a bill Tuesday that sets up a process to issue refund checks to people who paid taxes levied by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, taxes that were later ruled unconstitutional by the Virginia Supreme Court. Read story »

Transportation Projects Hit Roadblock

Va. Rethinks Plan as Economy Slows, Court Cuts Funds and Costs Rise

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Forty years of transportation planning in Virginia was finally coming together. Metrorail to Dulles International Airport was on track to bring transit to Tysons Corner and other job centers. Money was finally in place for hundreds of major and secondary roads, interchanges, new turn lanes and other fixes for the region’s worst bottlenecks. Read story »

Leesburg Breaks Ground on Road Extension

Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008

The Virginia Department of Transportation and Leesburg town officials broke ground Thursday on an extension of Battlefield Parkway, a $35 million project that will provide residents and businesses in southeast Leesburg with easier access to Route 7. Read story »

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