Monthly Archives: January 2010
HRT Welcomes Public Audit of Light Rail
NORFOLK, Va. – Hampton Roads Transit welcomed on Wednesday the call for a public audit of the light rail project as a significant step toward ensuring accountability of The Tide’s management and oversight. “We thank Delegate Miller and her co-sponsors for legislative leadership on this and appreciate her on-going concern for the financial integrity of
HRT considering ferries to ease tunnel traffic
By Debbie Messina The Virginian-Pilot © January 21, 2010 As money to build roads and bridges continues to shrink, transportation leaders are starting to explore an alternative way to get around – ferry boats. Hampton Roads Transit and a private company are each studying reviving the decades-old concept of ferries to connect South Hampton Roads
Construction crews must replace new light rail concrete
By Debbie Messina The Virginian-Pilot © January 21, 2010 NORFOLK Oops. Some of the concrete laid around the embedded light-rail track behind City Hall does not meet minimum standards and is being torn out. While the mistake was made by a contractor, which must absorb the cost of redoing the job, the timing is unfortunate,
HRT panel cancels leader search meeting
By Debbie Messina The Virginian-Pilot © January 15, 2010 The Hampton Roads Transit executive committee has canceled the meeting it had scheduled for Wednesday to start the work of selecting an interim leader and searching for a permanent one. The committee will still meet at 11 a.m. Jan. 28 at the Hampton office. Michael Townes
Hampton Roads Transit CEO Michael Townes honored for leadership
NEWPORT NEWS – Michael Townes, president and chief executive of Hampton Roads Transit, will receive the Transportation Research Board’s Sharon D. Bank’s award for Innovative Leadership. Townes — who announced Monday he would retire from HRT in September 2010 in the face of a Norfolk light-rail project that was over budget — was nominated for