Fairfax County:
“An increase in available funding for construction projects
has brought an accompanying spike in the workload for county and state
transportation departments, Fairfax County staff said Tuesday. Last year’s
transportation funding bill is expected to provide about $94 million for the
county in fiscal 2014, according to previous estimates, and about $4 billion
statewide over the next five years.
The county transportation department is planning to take an
expanded role in executing local projects, according to Eric Teitelman of the
Fairfax County Department of Transportation. Because of this, the department is
working to streamline its processes and expand county staff capabilities to
ensure that transportation improvements are completed as quickly and
efficiently as possible.
State code caps the total number of VDOT employees, which
has raised some concerns at the county level. In addition to possible delays in
project schedules, county officials are concerned that more responsibilities
could get pushed to the local level. Historically, road construction and
maintenance has been a state responsibility in Virginia.”
~Writes Kali Schumitz of the Fairfax Times
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