For Release: April 4, 2007
Contact: J. Tucker Martin or David Clementson
Email: tucker.martin@oag.state.va.us or dclementson@oag.state.va.us
Phone: 804-786-2071
McDonnell Statement on Final Passage of GOP Transportation Bill
Richmond - Attorney General Bob McDonnell issued the following statement regarding the final passage of the GOP transportation bill.
“This evening, the General Assembly passed the most extensive and far-reaching transportation reform and investment legislation in a generation. The GOP compromise transportation plan represents the work of a number of Republican leaders, led by Speaker Bill Howell. Over the last four months this comprehensive legislation was improved to provide the policies and resources needed to sustain Virginia’s economic expansion and reputation as the most business-friendly state in the country. This legislation provides for significant new statewide transportation funding, regional traffic congestion solutions, and proactive land use reforms, and does so without a statewide tax increase. I congratulate the leaders of the General Assembly for enacting the transportation bill.”
