http://www.transportation.virginia.gov/News/rss/HomePageRss.cfm Secretary of Transportation - Latest News Releases (c) Secretary of Transportation 2013 Commonwealth of Virginia May 17 — Governor Bob McDonnell today announced appointments to seven boards and commissions. Further announcements regarding additional appointments in the McDonnell administration will continue to be made in the months ahead.
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]]> http://www.governor.virginia.gov/News/index.cfm?id=1819 May 15 — Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has advertised a $120 million project to rehabilitate 163 lane miles of I-264 and I-64 in the Hampton Roads region. Contracts are scheduled to be awarded by the end of the year, with construction beginning early next year. In the meantime, VDOT continues to address deteriorating sections of pavement.
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]]> http://www.governor.virginia.gov/News/index.cfm?id=1816 May 14 — Governor Bob McDonnell, in recognition of National Transportation Week, today issued a proclamation celebrating the importance of transportation to the Commonwealth and highlighted the administration's progress toward addressing the challenges and opportunities facing Virginia's networks of roads, bridges, rail lines and transit facilities. Chief among the administration's successes is the recently enacted bipartisan transportation funding bill, which the governor ceremonially signed into law yesterday.
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]]> http://www.governor.virginia.gov/News/index.cfm?id=1811 May 13 — Today, surrounded by legislators and community and transportation leaders from across the Commonwealth, Governor Bob McDonnell ceremonially signed Virginia's Road to the Future (HB 2313), the state's first comprehensive transportation funding plan approved in 27 years. Following on the heels of nearly three decades of inaction on the critical challenges facing transportation funding in Virginia, this historic bi-partisan legislation supported by Republicans and Democrats from each chamber will provide more than $3.4 billion in additional statewide transportation funding, more than $1.5 billion in additional funding for Northern Virginia, and more than $1 billion in additional funding for Hampton Roads, over the next five years alone.
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]]> http://www.governor.virginia.gov/News/index.cfm?id=1809 May 7 — Governor McDonnell announced today that the Commonwealth collaborated with the best and brightest minds in the public and private sectors to utilize innovative technology to move traffic with greater ease throughout the state. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) issued a Notice of Intent to Award to Serco, Inc. to operate the state's five transportation operations centers and manage the Safety Service Patrol. The contract is up for consideration by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, which will make a decision on whether to award the finalist during its meeting in June. The six-year contract is worth $355 million.
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]]> http://www.governor.virginia.gov/News/index.cfm?id=1802 April 26 — Governor Bob McDonnell today announced appointments to the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority and to the Richmond Eye and Ear Hospital Authority. Further announcements regarding additional appointments in the McDonnell administration will continue to be made in the months ahead.
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]]> http://www.governor.virginia.gov/News/index.cfm?id=1791 April 23 — Governor Bob McDonnell today congratulated the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority ("MWAA") on receiving five proposals for construction of Phase II of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Extension Project last week that were far below expectations, meaning major savings for Virginia taxpayers. MWAA received and opened the proposals on Friday, April 19.
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]]> http://www.governor.virginia.gov/News/index.cfm?id=1788 April 18 — Governor McDonnell today announced that the Commonwealth Transportation Board advanced over $150 million in long-sought transportation improvement projects at its meeting in Richmond yesterday. These projects are being funded as a result of the Governor's 2011 Transportation Funding and Reform Package.
more... ]]> http://www.governor.virginia.gov/News/index.cfm?id=1776 April 17 — Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that the Commonwealth Transportation Board took the necessary action to grant access onto VDOT right-of-way for a Visitor Education Center for the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial. This memorial honors those who lost their lives during the tragic events that occurred on 9/11.
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]]> http://www.governor.virginia.gov/News/index.cfm?id=1772 April 16 — Governor Bob McDonnell today announced the expansion of CBN Secure Technologies, Inc. in Danville, Virginia to meet increased demand for its identification solutions. The expansion will result in approximately 25 new jobs. In 2009, CBN Secure Technologies, Inc. launched its United States presence in Virginia with plans to use the Danville operation to serve other customers in the U.S. and other countries. It currently employs 40 people at its facility that produces secure credentials for the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.
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