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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Mason
Turning and Storage Facilities (language only)

Item 445 #1s

Item 445 #1s

Transportation
Virginia Passenger Rail Authority

Language

Page 468, line 49, after "facilities." insert:

"Before the programming of appropriated funds for such purposes, the Secretary of Transportation will conduct a comparative analysis of the cost of the development of a turning and storage facility for regional intercity passenger trains to originate and terminate from Main Street Station in Richmond, as compared to the extension of those trains to originate and terminate in Newport News. Funding for this analysis shall be provided by the Department of Rail and Public Transportation from the amounts provided in Item 448 for Passenger and Freight  Rail Financial Assistance."



Explanation

(This amendment predicates the programming of passenger rail improvement funding on the Secretary of Transportation providing an analysis of costs for development of a turning and storage facility in the City of Newport News and directs the cost of the analysis to be funded by the Department of Rail and Public Transportation.)