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2021 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - SB1100 (Committee Approved)

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Statewide Multi-Use Trail Initiative

Item 447 #1s

Item 447 #1s

First Year - FY2021 Second Year - FY2022
Transportation
Department of Transportation FY2021 $0 FY2022 ($5,000,000) GF
FY2021 $40,000,000 FY2022 $0 NGF

Language
Page 530, line 29, strike "$3,650,896,554" and insert "$3,690,896,554".
Page 530, line 29, strike "$3,783,863,742" and insert "$3,778,863,742".

Page 532, strike line 5 through line 8 and insert:

"H.  Out of the amounts in this Item, and consistent with the provisions of §4-13.00 of this Act, $40,000,000 the first year from public funds made available for Highway Infrastructure Programs by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-260) shall be used by the Board to support the statewide planning, development and construction of multi-use trails. The Board shall give priority to ensuring the safety of existing trails and developing new trails with a total length in excess of 35 miles and shall seek to ensure geographic diversity and multimodal connectivity in the use of these funds. Of these amounts: (i) up to $17,500,000 shall be allocated for the Eastern Shore-Bay Coast Railway Rails to Trails project; (ii) up to $17,500,000 shall be allocated for safety enhancements to the Washington & Old Dominion Trail at Wiehle Avenue and improving the intermodal connectivity of the Cross County Trail at Difficult Run with Great Falls Park; (iii) up to $2,500,000 for the Fall Line Trail; and (iv) up to $2,500,000 for the Ivy Creek Trail and the completion of the Tobacco Heritage Trail from Skipwith Road to Rudds Creek. The Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment shall coordinate a policy working group comprised of representatives of the Departments of Transportation, Rail and Public Transportation, Conservation and Recreation, the Statewide Trails Advisory Committee and the staff of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees to recommend a prioritization process for the identification of new multi-use trail opportunities, a master planning process, and funding needs assessment.  A report of its recommendations shall be communicated to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees no later than October 15, 2021."



Explanation

(This amendment provides for a one-time capitalization of $50,000,000 for a statewide multi-use trail initiative using federal funds available for Highway Infrastructure Programs by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act.)