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2017 SESSION
17102308DBe 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. Data indicating the relationship between toll price and vehicle volume per unit time at selected toll lane locations for each public or private toll facility in which a variably priced toll is utilized pursuant to § 33.2-611. Such data shall include (i) the number and type of vehicles exempt from paying the toll, (ii) the number and type of vehicles required to pay the toll but that did not pay, and (iii) the vehicle and person volume per unit time in tolled lanes and adjacent lanes that are not tolled. An analysis by the Commissioner shall be included for each such toll facility indicating the extent to which the variable toll pricing is maximizing the tolled lanes' throughput of vehicles and persons during peak usage times and, to the extent there are adjacent untolled lanes, maximizing the combined throughput of vehicles and persons on the tolled and untolled lanes during peak usage times.