Item 451 | First Year - FY2023 | Second Year - FY2024 |
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| Ground Transportation Planning and Research (60200) | $94,878,980 | $96,749,414 |
| Ground Transportation System Planning (60201) | FY2023 $80,101,802 | FY2024 $81,579,422 |
| Ground Transportation System Research (60202) | FY2023 $10,464,377 | FY2024 $10,620,207 |
| Ground Transportation Program Management and Direction (60204) | FY2023 $4,312,801 | FY2024 $4,549,785 |
| Fund Sources: | | |
| Commonwealth Transportation | FY2023 $94,878,980 | FY2024 $96,749,414 |
Authority: Title 33.2, Code of Virginia.
A. Included in the amount for ground transportation system planning and research is no less than $7,000,000 the first year and no less than $7,000,000 the second year from the highway share of the Transportation Trust Fund for the planning and evaluation of options to address transportation needs.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 729 and Chapter 733 of the 2012 Acts of Assembly, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall not reallocate any funds from projects on roadways controlled by any county that has withdrawn or elects to withdraw from the secondary system of state highways, nor from any roadway controlled by a city or town as part of the state's urban roadway system, based on a determination of nonconformity with the Commonwealth Transportation Board's Statewide Transportation Plan or the Six-Year Improvement Program. In jurisdictions that maintain roadways within their boundaries, the provisions of § 33.2-214, Code of Virginia, shall apply only to highways controlled by the Department of Transportation.
C. The prioritization process developed under § 33.2-214.1, Code of Virginia, shall not apply to use of funds provided in this Item from the federal apportionments in the State Planning and Research Program.
D. The Department of Transportation, with the assistance of the Virginia Institute for Marine Science, shall provide an annual update on the status of the Coastal Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Inundation Study no later than December 1 of each year to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees, Chairs of the House and Senate Transportation Committees, Chair of the Joint Subcommittee on Coastal Flooding and Adaptation, and the Secretaries of Transportation and Natural Resources. The report shall include at a minimum: an up-to-date identification of at-risk rural, suburban and urban infrastructure, and planning and options to mitigate or eliminate the identified risks; and a report on what work remains to be completed and estimated time frame for the completion of its work.