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Soil Stabilization Study (language only)

Item 490 #1h

Language
Page 455, after line 33, insert:
"Out of the amounts provided for Ground Transportation System Planning and Research, the Department of Transportation, through the Virginia Transportation Research Council, shall allocate such amounts as may be required to continue its study on the use of soil stabilizers as an alternative to paving low-volume secondary roads.  Such study shall include the analysis of sufficient road samples for the Department to establish a policy facilitating the use of soil stabilizers wherever cost-effective."

Explanation
(This amendment directs VDOT's Virginia Transportation Research Council to continue its study of the use of soil stabilizers as an alternate to paving low-volume secondary roads.)