Stafford County officials will conduct a transportation forum on June 1, 2007 to discuss local, state and federal resources that are available or will become available to address road construction projects in the county. The forum is scheduled to run from 9:00 a.m. – noon at Belmont (Gari Melchers Home and Studio) located at 224 Washington Street in Falmouth, Virginia.
Local officials from all levels of government will discuss transportation funding and the inter-relationship of state and federal approvals needed for various projects such as HOT lanes, the I-95 and Route 630 Interchange, Route 17 expansion, and the improvements planned as a result of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission’s (BRAC) plans for Quantico Marine Corps Base. Secondary road funding will also be discussed.
Officials who are scheduled to attend include members of the Stafford Board
of Supervisors, Virginia Secretary of Transportation Pierce Homer; VDOT
Commissioner David Ekern; Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Bill
Howell; Commonwealth Transportation Board members Cord Sterling and Mary Lee
Carter; and Lloyd Robinson from the Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning
Organization. Representatives from Quantico Marine Corps Base and the Federal
Highway Administration will also attend.
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