• Will gas tax cut sink transit plans? VRE moving forward with Transforming Rail in VA

  • Discussion related to DC area passenger rail services from Northern Virginia to Baltimore, MD. Includes Light Rail and Baltimore Subway.
Discussion related to DC area passenger rail services from Northern Virginia to Baltimore, MD. Includes Light Rail and Baltimore Subway.

Moderators: mtuandrew, therock, Robert Paniagua

  by davinp
 
Virginia Railway Express is moving forward with a plan to take on $130 million in debt next year that will be used for its contribution to the Transforming Rail in Virginia plan to expand the commuter service and construct a new Long Bridge over the Potomac River.

But some of the region’s transportation leaders are concerned that a gas tax reduction promised by Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin on the campaign trail or a restructuring of the state’s transportation contributions to Northern Virginia could jeopardize VRE and Northern Virginia Transportation Authority funding in the future, even as the federal infrastructure bill promises to fund future transportation projects in the coming years.

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