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Chief Patron: Howell
Dulles Metro Phase II Investment (language only)

Item 450 #1s

Item 450 #1s

Transportation
Transportation, Department of

Language
Page 343, line 34, strike "I." and insert "I.1.".
Following Line 46, insert:
"2. From the Commonwealth of Virginia Transportation Capital Project Revenue Bond proceeds authorized pursuant to Chapter 868 of the 2001 Acts of Assembly of 2011, a total of $500,000,000 is hereby authorized for the Commonwealth's contribution to the construction of Phase II of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's Metro "Silver Line" extension to Loudoun County.  In no case, however, shall the total proceeds authorized by the Commonwealth Transportation Board for Phase II of this project be less than the amount authorized by the Commonwealth Transportation Board for the proposed U.S. Route 460 Improvement Corridor between Petersburg and Suffolk."


Explanation
(This amendment provides an appropriation of $500 million in Virginia Transportation Capital Project Revenue bond proceeds for the Dulles Corridor Metro project to buy-down tolls on the Dulles Toll Road that would be used to support bonded debt. The amendment further provides that the total allocation for Phase II of the Dulles Metro extension shall not be less than any amount authorized by the Commonwealth Transportation Board for proposed construction of the Route 460 Improvement Corridor.)