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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Floor Approved)

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Route 220 Alternatives Assessment (language only)

Item 453 #5s

Item 453 #5s

Transportation
Department of Transportation

Language

Page 381, following line 39, insert:

"I. From the amounts appropriated in this Item for Highway Construction Programs, the Secretary of Transportation with the assistance of the Commissioner of Highways and concurrence of the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall provide for such funding and staffing as may be required to complete a detailed alternatives analysis for the upgrade of Route 220 consistent with the least environmentally damaging practicable alternative (LEDPA) analysis requested by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in March 2011 in its response to the Federal Highway Administration Record of Decision for the Interstate 73 Location Study Final Environmental Impact Statement. The Secretary shall report on the progress towards completion of the alternatives analysis to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Transportation and the Senate Committees on Finance and Transportation by December 1, 2016 and each fiscal quarter thereafter until submission to USACE.  Upon submission, the Secretary shall provide copies of all correspondence delivered to and received from any cognizant federal agencies and the Virginia Department of Transportation to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Transportation and the Senate Committees on Finance and Transportation.".



Explanation

(This amendment directs the development of the Route 220 alternatives analysis requested by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in March, 2011.)