Va. receives $285 million in highway stimulus funding

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The Associated Press
© July 1, 2009

By Bob Lewis

RICHMOND

The federal government has approved $285 million in funding for 45 Virginia highway projects in the first wave of stimulus cash devoted to transportation.

It's the first of nearly $700 million in transportation stimulus cash the state is scheduled to receive over the next year.

U.S. Department of Transportation data shows all but about $15 million of Virginia's money in the first round goes to widening or upgrading existing roads or bridges.

The biggest single project is $27.7 million in Newport News and York County to widen Route 105, the main road leading into the Army's Fort Eustis.

There's $25 million to add turn lanes to Route 3 near Fredericksburg, and there's about the same amount for three projects in Chesapeake, including the Dismal Swamp Canal Trail.

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Rep. Randy Forbes

Submitted by David Campbell on Thu, 07/02/2009 at 8:44 am.

who represents Chesapeake, voted against it.

highway funding

Submitted by VaDiver on Wed, 07/01/2009 at 8:45 pm.

maybe, just maybe the VDOT people can set aside a couple of buckets of asphalt for the tire busting potholes on 264 west & east near Ingleside . That's about as good as it gets for highway maintenance . Heaven forbid VDOT would actually hold their subcontractors accountable for shoddy patch work .
There seems to be plenty of concrete for the "waste of money rail" .