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2000 SESSION


SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 193
Requesting the Secretary of Transportation, the Commonwealth Transportation Board, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, the County of Fairfax, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, LINK, the Dulles Corridor Rail Association, the Dulles Corridor Task Force, local elected officials, and Reston community and business leaders work together to ensure that a coordinated transportation plan is implemented for the Reston community.

Agreed to by the Senate, February 11, 2000
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 8, 2000

WHEREAS, representatives of the community of Reston have worked together in a Reston 2000 Task Force to identify goals for the community in many areas including transportation; and

WHEREAS, a committee working under the direction of the Secretary of Transportation as requested in House Joint Resolution No. 542 (1999) developed short-term and long-term transportation improvements affecting the Reston area; and

WHEREAS, the Dulles Corridor Task Force has developed a four-phase plan for extending rail service from Falls Church through Reston to Dulles Airport; and

WHEREAS, Reston continues to grow as a major center of business, commercial and residential activity with its 15.3 million square feet of commercial space being the second greatest concentration in the Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, there continues to be a need for coordinating the transportation improvements for the Reston community; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the Secretary of Transportation, the Commonwealth Transportation Board, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, the County of Fairfax, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, LINK, the Dulles Corridor Rail Association, the Dulles Corridor Task Force, local elected officials and Reston community and business leaders be requested to work together to ensure that a coordinated transportation plan is implemented for the Reston community; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the Secretary of Transportation, the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, the County Executive of the County of Fairfax, the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the Director of LINK, the Chairman of the Dulles Corridor Task Force, and the President of the Dulles Corridor Rail Association.