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2006 SESSION

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SR 19 Interstate Route 81; Department of Transportation to address urgently needed improvements thereof.

Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Interstate Route 81 corridor; report. Requests the Virginia Department of Transportation to address urgently needed improvements to the Interstate Route 81 corridor in Virginia, including: (i) plan for and construct additional capacity as needed to accommodate increasing traffic and address safety concerns; (ii) direct federal highway construction aid to critical safety and capacity improvements including additional lanes to assist trucks in climbing steep grades; and (iii) plan and develop, with the cooperation of the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation and private rail companies, an east-west rail project and a north-south rail project that will have the effect of reducing the number of trucks traveling the I-81 corridor.


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HISTORY

  • 03/02/06  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 062228732
  • 03/02/06  Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
  • 03/03/06  Senate: Reported from Rules by voice vote
  • 03/06/06  Senate: Read first time
  • 03/07/06  Senate: Read second time
  • 03/07/06  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 03/07/06  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
  • 03/07/06  Senate: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
  • 03/07/06  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate (SR19ER)