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2017 SESSION
17103115DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 1 of Chapter 6 of the Acts of Assembly of 2008, Special Session II, as amended by Chapter 130 of the Acts of Assembly of 2010 and Chapter 100 of the Acts of Assembly of 2011, is amended and reenacted as follows:
1. § 1. The
General Assembly determines that construction of a public transit
or multimodal transportation
project extending from the terminus of the Norfolk Light
Rail starter line at Newtown Road in the City of Norfolk to the oceanfront area
in the City of Virginia Beach, along the Interstate 264
corridor on the right-of-way of the Norfolk Southern Railway, is in the public interest and
qualifies for public funding, to the extent that any may be required, from the
Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund, established by § 33.1-221.1:8 33.2-1529.1 of the Code of
Virginia, or other funding available to the Commonwealth. Notwithstanding any
contrary provision of law, the funds provided to the City of Virginia Beach
under the Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund to
purchase railroad right-of-way from the Norfolk Southern Railway
shall be expended and used subject to such
requirements as the Federal Transit Administration shall determine to be most
effective for the construction of a public transit or multimodal
transportation project. Nothing herein shall be
interpreted to preselect the mode of public transportation to be constructed on
the right-of-way to be acquired or any other public transportation alternative
under study. Any public multimodal transportation
project selected pursuant to the federally required
environmental process currently underway will be deemed to satisfy the
requirements of this act may
include the construction of a pedestrian walkway or bike path, or both, and the
construction of such project shall not preclude the
construction of a mass transit facility after the completion of such multimodal
transportation project.
Construction of any public transit or multimodal transportation
project on the acquired right-of-way shall be
commenced by July 1, 2027.