Draft Six-Year Improvement Program Released For Public Review

COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD RELEASES DRAFT SIX-YEAR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC REVIEW
$12.9 billion in road, bridge rail and public transportation improvements; public hearings to be held

RICHMOND - The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) released today the draft Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP), which allocates $12.9 billion to transportation projects over the next six fiscal years beginning July 1, 2015.  Projects include highway, road, bridge, rail, transit, bicycle/pedestrian paths and other transportation improvements across the state. 

The SYIP supports nearly 3,000 transportation projects to improve the state’s infrastructure.   The draft program does not include new projects that would be subject to scoring under the new prioritization process under House Bill 2(HB2). This process will help determine critical transportation needs through a fair and objective analysis.

Governor Terry McAuliffe signed HB2 into law in 2014, which directs the CTB to develop and use a scoring process for project selection by July 2016. Candidate projects will be screened to determine if they qualify to be scored. Projects will be scored based on an objective and fair analysis applied statewide. The law will improve transparency and accountability. The public will know how projects scored and the decisions behind the CTB’s project selections.

FY 2016-2021 Six-Year Improvement Program breakdown:

    $9.5 billion – Highway construction

    $3.4 billion – Rail and public transportation

   $12.9 billion – Total six-year program

The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) will hold hearings on the draft program beginning April 21.

Public input is also needed on a how transportation projects should be scored under House Bill 2. 

Public hearings on the draft program will begin 6 p.m. in each of the locations below:

Tuesday, April 21, 2015 Blue Ridge Community College, Plecker Center for Continuing Education, One College Lane, Weyers Cave, VA 24486 Get directions>>	Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Holiday Inn Downtown 601 Main Street Lynchburg, VA 24504 Get directions >>	Thursday, April 23, 2015 Hampton Roads Planning District Commission 723 Woodlake Drive Chesapeake, VA 23320 Get directions >>
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 VDOT Northern Virginia District Office 4975 Alliance Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Get directions >>	Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Northside High School 6758 Northside High School Road Roanoke, VA 24019 Get directions >>	Thursday, April 30, 2015 Germanna Community College Center for Workforce & Community Education 10000 Germanna Point Drive Fredericksburg, VA 22408 Get directions >>
Monday, May 4, 2015 Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center One Partnership Circle Abingdon, VA 24210 Get directions >>	Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Thomas J. Fulghum Conference Center Chesterfield Career & Technical Center at Hull Street Road 13900 Hull Street Road Midlothian, VA 23112 Get directions >>	Monday, May 11, 2015 Germanna Community College Daniel Technology Center 18121 Technology Drive Culpeper, VA 22701 Get directions >>

You can also submit your comments by email or mail by May 22, 2015.

For roads and highways:

Six-YearProgram@VDOT.Virginia.gov
Infrastructure Investment Director
Virginia Department of Transportation
1401 East Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23219

For transit and public transportation:

DRPTPR@drpt.virginia.gov
Public Information Office
Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation
600 East Main Street, Suite 2102
Richmond VA, 23219.

Click the link below to view changes between the FY 2015 program and the draft FY 2016 program:

http://syip.virginiadot.org/reports/221/FY16-DRAFT-ALLCHG-REPORT.pdf

For more information visit:

http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/syp-default.asp.