VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

1998 SESSION

• history | hilite | pdf | print version

986389443
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 276 Offered January 26, 1998 Requesting the Secretary of Transportation to study improvement of transportation affecting the Tyson's Corner area. ---------- Patrons-- Scott and Callahan; Senator: Howell ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

WHEREAS, the Tyson's Corner area of Fairfax County is a major center of business and commercial activity; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to move large volumes of people and products both within the immediate Tyson's Corner area and between Tyson's Corner and origins and destinations outside the area; and

WHEREAS, proposed improvements, such as the extension of rapid rail service in the Dulles Airport Corridor, are several years in the future; and

WHEREAS, in the interim, there is a crucial need to identify short-range highway and transit improvements that would improve circulation within the Tyson's Corner area, as well as to enhance access to and from the West Falls Church Metrorail Station; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the Secretary of Transportation, with the assistance and cooperation of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, the Virginia Department of Transportation, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, the County of Fairfax, and the Tysons Transportation Association, be requested to study and develop a plan that recommends short-term improvements affecting the Tyson's Corner area; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That this plan should identify the costs associated with implementing the plan and funding options.

The Secretary shall complete his work in time to submit his findings and recommendations to the Governor and the 1999 Session of the General Assembly as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents.