HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES Patron names are linked to a list of legislation sponsored by the member

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HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES

Advertising within highway rights-of-way; payment of penalty. Amending § 33.1-373. (Patron-Orrock, HB 2065)

Bicentennial Centers; funding of access roads thereto. Repealing § 33.1-221.1. (Patron-Landes, HB 1574)

Bicycle/pedestrian coordinator; Transportation Commissioner to appoint for each highway construction district. (Patron-Norment, SJR 311)

Boy Scouts of America, Blue Ridge Mountains Council; Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs on I-81 to provide motorists directions to Camp Ottari and Camp Powhatan. (Patron-Griffith, HB 2462)

Charitable contributions; issuance of permits for solicitation within certain highway rights-of-way. Adding § 33.1-209.1. (Patron-Phillips, HB 2795)

Children at play signs; installation in counties to alert motorists. Adding § 33.1-210.2. (Patron-Houck, SB 874)

Coalfields Expressway corridor; expressing sense of General Assembly that Transportation Board and Department of Transportation complete determination thereof. (Patron-Phillips, HJR 591; Wampler, SJR 379)

Communication towers; Department of Transportation to consider local zoning ordinances before locating such within interstate highway rights-of-way. (Patron-Grayson, HJR 646)

Communication towers; zoning conformity when erected on state property which is adjacent to an interstate highway. Amending § 2.1-504.4. (Patron-Grayson, HB 2607)

Condemnation commissioners; abolishes current method of appointment and installs "experimental" jury selection. Amending §§ 25-46.20:1 and 33.1-238; repealing § 25-46.20 and fourth enactment of Chapter 520, 1991 Acts. (Patron-Wardrup, HB 2838)

Dead-end highways; right-of-way provisions. Adding § 33.1-68.1. (Patron-Stump, HB 1511)

Douthat State Park Way; designating as portion of I-64 between Virginia/West Virginia boundary and junction of I-64 and I-81. (Patron-Trumbo, SB 864)

Dulles Toll Road; Department of Transportation urged to discontinue and remove tolls when all legal obligations have been fulfilled. (Patron-Plum, HJR 660)

E. David Ringley Bridge; designating as Virginia Route 33 bridge over I-64 in New Kent County. (Patron-Grayson, HB 2228)

Earle Davis Gregory Highway; designated as portion of Route 49 between Virginia/North Carolina boundary and town of Crewe. (Patron-Ruff, HB 1856)

Emergency vehicles; erection and maintenance of warning lights on highways where such vehicles are garaged. Adding § 33.1-190.3. (Patron-Armstrong, HB 2707)

Eminent domain; Department of Transportation authorized to employ persons or firms to provide certificates of title for property interests being acquired for construction and improvement of highways. Adding § 33.1-123.1. (Patron-O'Brien, HB 1256; Hanger, SB 322)

Eminent domain; notification of affected property holders of any intended right-of-way acquisition. Adding § 33.1-89.3. (Patron-Marshall, HB 2515)

Future I-73 Corridor; Department of Transportation to install signs at appropriate locations. (Patron-Armstrong, HB 2690)

George P. Coleman Bridge Revenue Bond Act of 1997; created. Amending §§ 33.1-268, 33.1-269 and 33.1-277; adding § 33.1-221.1:6. (Patron-Cooper, HB 2047)

George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge; establishing schedule of tolls to be charged for use thereof. (Patron-Cooper, HB 515)

Go-Carts Plus; retention of sign on I-64 near Williamsburg. Amending second enactment of Chapter 538, 1993 Acts. (Patron-Cooper, HB 873)

High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes; temporary lifting of restrictions in emergencies in Hampton Roads Planning District. Amending § 33.1-46.2. (Patron-Wagner, HB 2548)

High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes; use by clean fuel vehicles. Amending § 33.1-46.2. (Patron-Barry, SB 670)

Highway condemnation proceedings; interest on funds deposited. Amending § 33.1-128. (Patron-Mims, HB 2334)

Highway condemnation proceedings; rate of interest in such cases. Amending §§ 33.1-124 and 33.1-128. (Patron-Croshaw, HB 1984; Moore, HB 2124)

Highway construction allocations; formula. Amending § 33.1-23.2. (Patron-McClure, HB 943; McClure, HB 2583)

Highway construction funds; based on noncommercial vehicles registered per lane mile. Amending §§ 33.1-23.2, 33.1-23.3 and 33.1-23.4. (Patron-Watts, HB 536)

Highway construction funds; based on vehicle miles traveled per lane mile. Amending §§ 33.1-23.2, 33.1-23.3 and 33.1-23.4. (Patron-Watts, HB 535)

Highway construction funds; use for purchase of residue parcels of land for improvements to traffic safety and traffic flow. Amending § 33.1-23.3. (Patron-Wardrup, HB 2303)

Highway funds; use for urban system construction projects. Amending § 33.1-44. (Patron-Diamonstein, HB 1546)

Highway incident management system; expressing sense of General Assembly in support thereof. (Patron-Waddell, SJR 191)

Highway incident management system; expressing sense of General Assembly that Department of Transportation's Statewide Incident Management Committee be responsible for development and implementation thereof. (Patron-Waddell, SJR 233)

Highways; penalty for unauthorized use of cross-overs. Amending § 46.2-830; adding § 46.2-808.1. (Patron-Marshall, HB 2524)

Highways in Northern Virginia; assessment of capacities on I-95 and I-395. (Patron-Whipple, SB 1165)

Industrial and airport access roads; funding. Amending § 33.1-221. (Patron-Stolle, SB 1067)

Interstate Route 73; Department of Transportation to proceed expeditiously with preliminary engineering, environmental studies and right-of-way acquisition thereof. (Patron-Armstrong, HJR 577)

Interstate Route 895; joint subcommittee to study construction thereof, under Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995. (Patron-Jones, D.C., HB 2347)

King's Highway; designating as portion of Route 3 in Westmoreland County to junction of Route 3 and I-95 at Fredericksburg. Amending Chapter 139, 1996 Acts. (Patron-Murphy, HB 2411)

Logo signs along interstate highways; all businesses subject to same terms and conditions of advertising. (Patron-Baker, HB 2217)

Motor vehicles purchased or leased by State; approval. Amending § 33.1-403. (Patron-Waddell, SB 821)

Outdoor advertising structures; trimming of vegetation obstructing motorists' views along highway rights-of-way. Adding § 33.1-371.1. (Patron-Kilgore, HB 2394; Ruff, HB 2604)

Powhite Parkway, Powhite Parkway Extension and Downtown Expressway, Use of Automatic Vehicle Identification Systems and Snow Removal Procedures on; Report of Department of Transportation and Richmond Metropolitan Authority (HJR 51, 1996). (HD 65)

Radar detectors; use of those equipped with a road hazard alert feature. Amending § 46.2-1079. (Patron-Wagner, HB 580; Wagner, HB 2622)

Revenue Bond Act; eliminates reference to James River Bridge at Jamestown from list of projects that Transportation Board may finance through revenue bonds. Amending § 33.1-268. (Patron-Grayson, HB 539)

Road additions, rural; financing construction by issuance of local bonds. Amending § 33.1-72.1. (Patron-Armstrong, HB 2701)

Roadway sites, hazardous; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study procedures for identifying and funding improvements thereof. (Patron-Armstrong, HJR 579)

Route 629; designating as Virginia byway between I-64 and Route 39. (Patron-Trumbo, SB 868)

Routes; location by Transportation Board. Amending § 33.1-18. (Patron-Darner, HB 1021)

Ruby's Road; designating as Route 601 in Bland County. (Patron-Reasor, SB 691)

Secondary roads; paving in certain localities. Amending § 33.1-70.1. (Patron-May, HB 2403; Waddell, SB 1077)

Speed limits on unpaved roads in Northern Virginia Highway Construction District; maximum. Adding § 46.2-870.1. (Patron-Waddell, SB 876)

Stewart U. Taylor Bridges; designating John Vernon Taylor Bridge and Henry Clay Taylor Bridge as twin bridges over Diascund Creek on Route 60 between James City County and New Kent County. (Patron-Grayson, HB 2905)

Subdivision streets; standards in cities and towns. Amending § 33.1-41.1. (Patron-Waddell, SB 825)

Technology Corridor; requesting Department of Transportation to consider posting and maintaining signs along certain highways at entrances to New Century Region. (Patron-Woodrum, HJR 467)

Telecommunications companies; sale or lease of right-of-way or granting easements thereto. Adding § 33.1-195.1. (Patron-Reid, HB 2380)

Tire deflation devices used by law-enforcement officers; allows deployment in order to terminate vehicle pursuits. Amending §§ 18.2-324 and 33.1-345. (Patron-Sherwood, HB 1999)

Toll collections; joint subcommittee to study photo enforcement thereof, appropriation. (Patron-Forbes, HJR 628)

Toll facilities operated pursuant to Public-Private Transportation Act; collection of excess user fees in Regional Toll Facilities Revolving Subaccount. Amending § 33.1-23.03:4. (Patron-Robinson, HB 2492)

Toll road authorities; abolishing certain obsolete provisions. Repealing Chapter 322, 1950 Acts, Chapter 529, 1952 Acts, Chapter 662, 1956 Acts, Chapter 506, 1960 Acts and Chapter 697, 1970 Acts. (Patron-Landes, HB 1572)

Transportation projects; limits time which real property can be held without commencement of construction. Amending § 33.1-90. (Patron-Robinson, HB 2196)

U.S. Route 1 Corridor in Fairfax and Prince William Counties; Report of Department of Transportation (HJR 21, 1996). (HD 64)

Western Transportation Corridor; expressing sense of General Assembly that all study and planning for construction thereof be ended. (Patron-Marshall, HJR 596)

Woodrow Wilson Bridge; memorializing Congress to provide full federal funding for reconstruction thereof. (Patron-Brickley, HJR 571)

Yates Ford Road; portion between Clifton Road and Chapel Road in Fairfax County designated as scenic highway and byway. (Patron-O'Brien, HB 2851)

116th Infantry Regiment Memorial Highway; designating as a portion of Route 11 between Winchester and Roanoke Cities, and a portion of Route 460 between Bedford and Roanoke Cities. (Patron-Weatherholtz, HB 2093)

1997 Cumulative Index of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Resolutions and Documents - For additional information, please contact Legislative Information, State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Telephone (804) 786-6530. Last Modified on June 23, 1997 at 01:04pm Eastern Daylight Time

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