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December 17, 2008
Jeff Beck of Chesterfield County asks about transportation solutions beyond the road system
Jeff Beck of Chesterfield County asks: Mr. McAuliffe, There is a lot of talk in Virginia politics about transportation and the fight for road developments and improvements between Northern Virginia and Central and South Virginia. However, I am curious what you are planning to do for Virginia beyond fixing the logjam in the legislature over roads, what will you do to move Virginia to its next step forward to continue the path Gov. Warner and Kaine have set us upon?
Jeff, Gov. Kaine has made record investments in rail and public transit and he has better connected land use and transportation planning – in twenty years, we’re going to look back at the changes he’s made and truly understand their importance. We need to continue down this path, maintaining a solid emphasis on high-efficiency methods for moving people and goods. We need to see the Dulles rail project through – and then we need to think about what other communities we can connect to Metro. We need to improve transit in Hampton Roads, including transit that moves people across the water. We need passenger rail that connects more parts of Virginia together, and we need to get more freight off the highways and onto the rail system.
Can we get there? Can we accomplish this? Not in four years, but as long as we have leadership that thinks big and doesn’t let the size of the challenge put the solution out of reach, we don’t have to wait to set goals and take the first steps toward these solutions.
Posted by: Terry @ 08:13:57 PM
Tags: chesterfield,
hampton roads,
metro,
rail,
terry mcauliffe,
tim kaine,
transportation,
virginia
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