The Virginia House Transportation Committee held an organizational meeting and received an informational briefing from Secretary of Transportation Shep Miller covering accomplishments across VDOT, DMV, aviation, the spaceport, transit, rail, and the Port of Virginia. No legislation was voted on; the session was administrative and informational.
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Secretary Miller stated that Maryland 'had an opportunity earlier and they decided not to go forward with it' regarding the American Legion Bridge, and described Maryland as having 'huge budget issues, economic issues and a lack of desire to get it done.' He also stated that 'even some of our friends in Northern Virginia have just delayed and delayed and delayed really moving this project forward' regarding the Southeast Express Lanes project. No named Virginia legislators disputed Miller's characterization during the hearing.
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“I'm glad to see them happen. Similarly, Excuse me, similarly, the Robert R. Norris Bridge, which connects the Northern Neck to the Middle Peninsula. No longer a toll bridge, but a very narrow, very high with low guard rails bridge that people literally will not drive across. Now, I've been doing it my whole life and I'm comfortable, but I will tell you, there's nowhere to go. I say the shoulder is 6 inches on each side and we've had, unfortunately we've had some deaths there the last couple years. So we have found a way to accelerate that project by eight years and it will begin construction now in 2028. So huge, huge, huge for the Middle Peninsula and the Northern”
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Sign in to subscribeCall to order. The House Transportation Committee. It's great to be back with everyone might want to take. Today's largely going to be administrative meeting. I'm going to announce our subcommittee chairs and membership and we have a presentation from our Secretary of Transportation, Shep Miller. But starting out the new session, if people would let maybe we could go around the room and have members introduce themselves just to. We have a few new members. We're going to have a few more changes soon again, but we'll go ahead and go through the the room and introduce our members. So I guess we'll start. Delegate Reid, if you'd like to start. Thank you, Madam Chair. And welcome, everybody. I'm Delegate David Reed, representing House District 28, which is in the eastern portion of Loudoun County. And I guess I'll go. I should have gone, but. Carrie Delaney, I chair the committee. I'll represent the 9th district in Fairfax County. I'm Delegate Austin. I represent the 37th House District. Delegate Scott Wyatt, 60th House District, parts of Hanover and New King County. Yes. Good morning. Bill Wyley, 32nd District, Winchester, Frederick County. Thank you. Israel O', Quinn, 44th District, City…
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