Proposed budget change could help Beach roads

Virginia Beach:

“A budget change proposed Tuesday would bring long-sought improvements to Princess Anne Road and a quick fix for a dangerous portion of Sandbridge Road. The new expenses would not add to the $1.83 billion budget for fiscal year 2014-15 or increase real estate taxes. Instead, road taxes, fees and other revenue would be shifted from other projects toward what the city is calling greater priorities.

The biggest expense would be $14 million to widen Princess Anne Road to four lanes between General Booth Boulevard and Upton Drive. Land acquisition is nearly complete, and the upgraded road would likely open by summer 2015. The money would come from a combination of state revenue, an existing road fund and $9.4 million in bonds.

Although plans to improve the mile-long stretch of Princess Anne have been in the city's capital improvement plan since 2004, they've been trumped repeatedly by other projects, city officials said.”

~Writes John Holland of The Virginian-Pilot

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