The Virginia General Assembly increased Road / Rail funds from $6.4 Billion (FY02-04) to $9.3 Billion (FY06-08).  Four lanes on I-66 from the Rt. 234 Business to Rt. 234 Bypass have been added and four more lanes are under construction to Gainesville including the re-construction of the Gainesville Interchange and the addition of a lane on Rt. 29 south.  The extension of I-66 from Business 234 to Bypass 234 has begun.   New construction on I-66 was the result of the late Delegate Parrish, Senator Colgan and myself urging Governor Warner to start I-66 lane expansion in stages which he agreed to.  (Normally, VDOT waits until 80% of the money for the entire project is available before they start such projects.)

Additional lanes on Linton Hall Road from Route 29 to Devlin have been finished.  There will be 3.2 miles of Route 50 in Loudoun widened to six lanes, from Poland to Lee. 

Several years ago, I passed a law which bans tractor trailers on left lanes of I-66/I495 and all 65 mph Interstates.

In the early 1990’s I voted to use the recordation tax money to pay for the Rt. 234 Bypass from I-95 to I-66.  And my Resolution which passed the House of Delegates and Senate, initiated the 1998 JLARC study of VDOT consultants which showed excessive waste, which has been addressed since then.

I also authored a law to authorize Prince William, Loudoun and Fairfax to build inter-county easy-pass toll roads. Another law of mine passed which identified abandoned rail lines to be mapped for future mass transit.

Transportation Funding Formula

If you wonder why there are roads downstate that carry fewer passengers in 24 hours than our area carries in one hour, it is because the Northern Virginia area simply does not have the votes to overcome the downstate majority.  After the 2010 census the Road Funding Formula can be changed when our region and the Tidewater region will have the votes to approve a fair funding formula.

Traffic Light Synchronization & Increased Flex Time

I also support traffic signal synchronization, and increased use of flex time to cut down on rush hour traffic.

Ethics and Conflicts of Interest Laws:

Two of the laws I introduced which became law include: tighter restrictions on “Conflict of Interest” laws regarding zoning, and public disclosure of school and road construction bids.

Prince William Parkway: A Citizen Proposal:

As a private citizen, and before my election to public office, I helped form a citizen transportation group, “Citizens for a Trans County Parkway,” which eventually recommended the “Prince William Parkway” from Hoadly Road to Liberia Avenue.  The road was actually the brainchild of a good friend, Bob Allen, whose wife Roseleen also served on the Citizen Advisory Committee.  My wife, Cathy, also assisted with the effort to gain county officials’ support for the concept of building a new mid-county road, rather than widening the existing Davis Ford Road.  As it turned out, this alternative road saved millions of taxpayers’ dollars for construction, more than 100 homes from being destroyed, shortened the construction time (due to not impacting traffic since the road was through raw land), reduced the number of traffic lights from what would have been at least twelve to three, and resulted in additional east-west lanes across the county, providing a better link between the eastern and western parts of Prince William County.  This experience proved to me the value of citizen input, the importance of civic responsibility, and necessity for follow-through and organization to reach a goal.