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HRTPO looks to leverage transportation money
CHESAPEAKE — Regional leaders discussed how to make the most of transportation money available to them Thursday at the board retreat of the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization. With a little leverage, the estimated $200 million in...Tags: Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Transportation, Hampton Roads, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Travel
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HRTPO retreat critical point in road funding debate
On Thursday regional leaders will huddle for a nearly four-hour retreat in a cramped board room to discuss how they'll spend an estimated $200 million per year to alleviate road congestion. Although they won't make any firm decisions, the talks will...Tags: Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Transportation, Executive Branch, Travel
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The status of regional transportation funding
I became involved with regional and statewide transportation issues in July 2009 as a result of my appointment to the Commonwealth Transportation Board as the Hampton Road representative. Transportation revenues had not been raised in over 20 years and...Tags: Transportation, Executive Branch, House Building, Politics, Conservation
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Gov. McDonnell and the FBI, W&M law students helping vets
Full disclosure The FBI is looking into the relationship between Gov. Bob McDonnell and the CEO of the food supplement firm Star Scientific. The inquiry has to do with money that Jonnie R. Williams Sr. gave to the governor and the question of whether...Tags: Star Scientific Incorporated, Judges, College of William and Mary, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch
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Norment a no-show at HRTPO
Since being appointed to the board of the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization in May 2012, Sen. Tommy Norment, R-James City County, has not made an appearance at a board meeting, despite being a major player on transportation issues in...Tags: Transportation, College of William and Mary, Politics, Voting, Bob McDonnell
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April 30 Letters: Tunnel congestion, Muslim community
Hampton Mayor Molly Joseph Ward, chairwoman of the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, got it partly right. Her "congestion pricing" assumes there is enough discretion travel during peak travel hours in our tunnels that a small toll...Tags: Hampton Roads, Islam, Travel, Transportation Industry, Local Government
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There's regional strength in compromise
Recent events — particularly new transportation legislation [and] sequestration — remind us regionalism is becoming more and more a fact of life. Some like to say Hampton Roads is not a region and that it citizens don't want to be one,...Tags: Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Transportation, Hampton Roads, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services
Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...
Tags: Government Debt, Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense, Teaching and Learning, Labor Legislation
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Street Smart: VDOT: announcement coming Friday on new Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel/James River Bridge work plan
Dennis Heuer, the Virginia Department of Transportation Hampton Roads district administrator under fire since last weekend's traffic nightmare, was not in his normal seat Thursday at the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization's monthly meeting...
Tags: Transportation, Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Hampton Roads, James River, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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