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1998 SESSION

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 217 Offered January 26, 1998 Requesting the Virginia Department of Transportation to conduct a centerline design study of the US Route 1 Corridor in Fairfax and Prince William Counties. ---------- Patrons-- Puller, Albo, Keating and Rollison ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Transportation, pursuant to House Joint Resolution No. 256 (1994) and House Joint Resolution No. 21 (1996), has completed a comprehensive study of the US Route 1 Corridor in Fairfax and Prince William Counties; and

WHEREAS, the US Route 1 Corridor Study (the Corridor Study) has been conducted under the policy guidance of a steering committee consisting of state and local elected officials from Fairfax and Prince William Counties; and

WHEREAS, the steering committee received guidance from a technical committee consisting of state and local government, professional staff, and qualified individuals from the business and civic communities; and

WHEREAS, the steering committee received extensive public comment and participation through newsletters, public information meetings, informal meetings with citizens and interested groups, and public actions by the local governing bodies of Fairfax and Prince William Counties and the Town of Dumfries; and

WHEREAS, the Dumfries Town Council and the Boards of Supervisors for Fairfax and Prince William Counties have each endorsed the recommended plan; and

WHEREAS, the steering committee for the Corridor Study has endorsed the recommended plan for the improvement of the US Route 1 Corridor (the Corridor) within these two counties; and

WHEREAS, the steering committee has recommended a centerline design study of the recommended plan as the next step in the improvement of the Corridor in Fairfax and Prince William Counties; and

WHEREAS, a centerline design study would identify the rights-of-way required by the recommended improvements to US Route 1 while minimizing impacts to property owners and tenants adjacent to US Route 1, and to residents of the Corridor in general; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, theSenate concurring, That the Virginia Department of Transportation be requested to conduct a centerline design study of the US Route 1 Corridor in Fairfax and Prince William Counties, consistent with the recently completed US Route 1 Corridor Study; and be it

RESOLVED FURTHER , That the centerline design study be conducted using the input and participation of the Fairfax and Prince William County Boards of Supervisors, the property owners and tenants adjacent to US Route 1, and the citizens of the Corridor in a manner similar to that used by the Corridor Study; and be it

RESOLVED FINALLY, That the Virginia Department of Transportation complete its study in time to present its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the 2000 Session of the General Assembly as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents.