Prince William supervisors unveil road project wish list

Prince William County:

“Some of Prince William County’s worst traffic hotspots – U.S. 1, Va. 28 and Minnieville Road – were included in a new wish list of road projects approved by the Board of Supervisors last week. The list, which includes six regional and eight local projects, will be sent to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority to be considered for funding under the state’s new transportation law, which raised local sales taxes to 6 percent last July to fund projects aimed at relieving the area’s notoriously congested roadways.

The projects will vie for about $290 million in funding expected to come available for new transportation projects next year. Seventy percent of that money, about $200 million, will be devoted to regional projects. The remaining 30 percent, about $90 million, will be split among northern Virginia’s counties and cities proportionate to the amount of sales-tax revenue they generate. Prince William County’s take will be about $10 million, said Supervisor Marty Nohe, R-Coles, who also serves as chairman of the NVTA.”

~Writes Jill Palermo of InsideNova

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