Monthly Archives: December 2009
Norfolk light rail is over budget, opening delayed to 2011
By Debbie Messina The Virginian-Pilot © December 19, 2009 NORFOLK Construction of Norfolk’s starter light-rail line is running as much as 41 percent over its original budget, and that has angry local leaders demanding an explanation from Hampton Roads Transit, which manages the project. HRT officials said this week they need $38 million to $40
$300M in federal funds coming to Hampton Roads
Other local projects in the package: $30.4 million for a C-40 hangar at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach. $16 million for a Special Operations Forces facility at Oceana’s Dam Neck annex. $18.7 million for the Special Operations Forces Activity and $13.1 million for the Naval Construction Division at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort
Region has cash for mass transit and fixes but trails in new projects
Light rail Hampton Roads is getting $67.1 million toward Norfolk’s $288 million light-rail line and $300,000 toward a study to expand it into Virginia Beach. $825M: Proposed cuts to the state’s roads budget. The Commonwealth Transportation Board is scheduled to vote on the move Thursday. $325M: The amount slated for the Hampton Roads district next
Official calls light rail solution to region’s traffic woes
Hampton roads will not get any money to fix our roads next year. Transportation Secretary Pierce Homer says the solution to our crisis is light rail. “To have dense development around the stations – that would allow people to maybe have one less car to cut down on the number of trips in half,” says
Rolling toward a new Norfolk
The issue Light rail construction Where we stand The Tide’s current headaches will lead to a better Norfolk – and other cities in the region are taking notice. The Virginian-Pilot © December 4, 2009 This much is sure: Light rail will transform the city of Norfolk. How, and to what extent, nobody knows. But the