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2017 SESSION


CHAPTER 537
An Act to amend and reenact § 33.2-232 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Commissioner of Highways; annual report requirements.
[H 2139]
Approved March 16, 2017

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 33.2-232 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 33.2-232. Annual report by Commissioner of Highways.

The Commissioner of Highways shall annually report in writing to the Governor, the General Assembly, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, and the Board no later than November 30 each year. The Commissioner shall make such report available on the Department's website. The content of such report shall be specified by the Board and shall contain, at a minimum:

1. The condition of existing transportation assets, using asset management methodology pursuant to § 33.2-352;

2. The methodology used to determine maintenance needs, including an explanation of the transparent methodology used for the allocation of funds from the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund pursuant to subsection A of § 33.2-352;

3. Beginning with the November 2015 report through the November 2019 report, the The allocations to the reconstruction and rehabilitation of functionally obsolete or structurally deficient bridges and to the reconstruction of pavements determined to have a combined condition index of less than 60 and beginning with the November 2020 report, the methodology used to determine allocations of construction funds for state of good repair purposes as defined in § 33.2-369 and any waiver of the cap provided for in subsection B of § 33.2-369;

4. The performance targets and outcomes for (i) the current two-year period starting July 1 of even-numbered years and (ii) the following two-year period starting July 1 of the next even-numbered year. The targets and outcomes shall state what is expected to be achieved, based on funding identified for maintenance and state of good repair purposes, over each two-year period;

5. Beginning with the November 2016 report, a A listing of prioritized pavement and bridge needs based on the priority ranking system developed by the Board pursuant to § 33.2-369 and a description of the priority ranking system;

6. The Department's (i) strategies for improving safety and security and (ii) strategies and activities to improve highway operations within the Commonwealth, including the use of funds in the Innovation and Technology Transportation Fund established pursuant to § 33.2-1531 and improved incident management;

7. A review of the Department's collaboration with the private sector in delivering services; and

8. Traffic modeling results for all federally funded projects requiring a multi-alternative National Environmental Policy Act analysis;

9. A list of transportation projects approved or modified during the prior fiscal year (i) in each transportation district pursuant to § 33.2-214.1, including project costs, and (ii) in each transportation district not subject to § 33.2-214.1; and

10. A listing, by transportation district for the prior fiscal year, of the total number of lane miles of all primary and secondary roads that (i) have been resurfaced with asphalt or sealant and (ii) based on records of the Department at the close of the fiscal year, reflect a rating of "poor" or "very poor."