Hampton Roads Pressroom
Norfolk light rail is over budget, opening delayed to 2011
Post Date: Dec 21
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 million more to finish the [...]
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Detour for the route’s 919, 922, & 963
Post Date: Dec 17
Detour for the route’s 919, 922, & 963 on morris street due to storm water system upgrades.
Dec. 17th, 2009 until May 28th, 2010
AM ROUTING
VIA HUGHES
L – DECATUR DR. – TAUSSIG BLVD.
L – VIRGINIA
R – GILBERT ST.
R – MARYLAND AVE.
R – MORRIS ST.
L – VIRGINIA AVE.
R – COLD STORAGE (WATER TOWER CEP 157 ON YOUR [...]
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$300M in federal funds coming to Hampton Roads
Post Date: Dec 16
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 Story.
$11.7 million for [...]
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Region has cash for mass transit and fixes but trails in new projects
Post Date: Dec 14
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 year for repairs [...]
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Official calls light rail solution to region’s traffic woes
Post Date: Dec 11
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 Homer.
But [...]