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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Lingamfelter
Co-Patron(s): Athey, Cole
Route 15/29/17 Opal Interchange

Item 443 #14h

Item 443 #14h

First Year - FY2007 Second Year - FY2008
Transportation
Transportation, Department of FY2007 $33,000,000 FY2008 $0 GF

Language
Page 377, line 24, strike "$1,972,525,260" and insert "$2,005,525,260".
Page 378, after line 47, insert:
"E.  Included in the amounts for this item is $33,000,000 in the first year from the general fund for improvements to Routes 15, 29 and 17 with funding being dedicated to the construction of an elevated ramp to carry Route 17 southbound traffic over Route 15/29."


Explanation
(This amendment provides $33.0 million in the first year from the general fund for improvements to Routes 15, 29 and 17 in Opal. Currently Route 17 in Opal carries approximately 14,000 vehicles per day while Route 15/29 carries approximately 28,000 vehicles per day. Because of the congestion associated with these volumes, VDOT analyzed the intersection and recommended that an upgraded intersection is needed to accommodate existing and future traffic needs. From June 1990 to June 1998, 132 accidents occurred at this intersection.)