Agendas and Meeting Minutes

August 13, 2019: I-81 Advisory Committee

• Agenda

Presentations

• Financial Overview by John Lawson, Deputy Secretary of Transportation
• I-81 Corridor Improvement Plan Project Prioritization Process by Bart Thrasher, PE, VDOT Chief Engineer

July 16, 2019

• Workshop agenda
• Workshop minutes
• Workshop video
• Rail subcommittee agenda
• Rail subcommittee minutes

Presentations

• Virginia Breeze - Intercity bus expansion
• WMATA annual reporting requirements
• Lighting policies and energy savings performance contract
• Interstate 95 Corridor Improvement Plan
• Highway Safety Improvement Program policy recommendations
• Arrive Alive Virginia: Strategic Highway Safety Plan, 2017 - 21
• SMART SCALE Round 3 review

July 17, 2019

• Meeting agenda
• Meeting minutes
• Meeting video

Resolutions

• Statewide abandonment – Primary system of state highways
• Limited access control changes, Route 7 (East Market Street) and Battlefield Parkway interchange, Leesburg
• Addition of projects to the Six-Year Improvement Program, Fiscal Years 2020 - 25
• Naming: “J. Stuart Staley Memorial Overlook”
• Naming: “Edward L. Embrey Memorial Bridge”
• Naming: “Herman O. Lewis Sr. Memorial Bridge”
• Periodic regulatory review
• Highway lighting replacement project award pursuant to energy performance contracting
• Rail industrial access: AAREFF Terminals Inc.

June 18, 2019

• Workshop agenda
• Workshop minutes
• Workshop video
• Rail subcommittee agenda
• Rail subcommittee minutes
• Innovation and technology subcommittee agenda

Presentations

• VDOT periodic regulatory review
• Rail industrial access program application briefing, AAREFF Terminals Inc. Norfolk
• Fiscal Years 2020 - 25 Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Six-Year Financial Plan, Fiscal Year 2020 Commonwealth Transportation Fund and VDOT budgets
• Department of Rail and Public Transportation Fiscal Years 2020 - 25 Six-Year Improvement Plan / budget update
• Final Fiscal Years 2020 - 25 Six-Year Improvement Program
• Arrive Alive Virginia: Strategic Highway Safety Plan 2017 - 21
• Highway Safety Improvement Program policy recommendations
• Fiscal Year 2020 Local Programs approvals
• VTrans update: Vulnerability assessment (flooding and sea level rise) mid-term needs
• VTrans update: Demographics trends

June 19, 2019

• Meeting agenda
• Meeting minutes
• Meeting video

Resolutions

• Statewide abandonment, primary system of state highways
• Approval of annual safety performance targets for calendar year 2020
• Revision to SMART SCALE Round 3 consensus scenario for the final Fiscal Years 2020 - 25 Six-Year Improvement Program
• Limited access control changes for realignment of Route 501 Business (Lynchburg Expressway) southeast off-ramp to intersection of Logan’s Lane and Route 460 Business (Timberlake Road), Lynchburg
• Limited access control changes for Liberty Mountain Drive roundabout with access to and from Route 460 Lynchburg Bypass East, Lynchburg
• Fiscal Year 2019 - 24 Six-Year Improvement Program transfers, April 20 - June 5, 2019
• Six-Year Improvement Program and rail and public transportation allocations, Fiscal Years 2020 – 25 and authorization relating to federal funding
• Rail industrial access – InterChange Cold Storage LLC
• Approval of Interstate 66 Commuter Choice program of projects and inclusion in Fiscal Year 2020 – 25 Six-Year Improvement Program
• Action on Fiscal Year 2020 annual budgets, Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Department of Rail and Public Transportation and Virginia Department of Transportation
• Payments to cities, certain towns and Warren County for maintenance to certain roads and streets, Fiscal Years 2019 - 20
• Arlington and Henrico counties maintenance payments, Fiscal Years 2019 - 20
• Economic development access to Botetourt Center at Greenfield, West Center Drive, Project ECON-011-827, Botetourt County
• Fiscal Year 2020 Revenue Sharing Program project allocations and reallocation of funds

May 14, 2019

• Workshop agenda
• Workshop minutes
• Workshop video
• Innovation subcommittee agenda
• Rail subcommittee agenda
• Rail subcommittee minutes

Presentations

• Innovation and Technology Transportation Fund
• Martinsville Southern Connector Route 220 environmental impact statement
• Rail Industrial Access Program application briefing, interChangeColdStorage, LLC, Rockingham County
• I-66 Commuter Choice Porgram, proposed projects for Fiscal Year 2020 funding
• Fiscal Year 2020 Revenue Sharing Program update, fiscal year allocation and re-distribution of de-allocated funding
• Digital town hall on distracted driving survey results
• Draft Fiscal Years 2020 – 25 Commonwealth Transportation Fund Six-Year Financial Plan, Draft Fiscal Year 2020 Commonwealth Transportaton Fund and Virginia Department of Transportation budgets
• Department of Rail and Public Transportation Fiscal Year 2020 draft budget
• Construction contract estimating, adjusted path forward
• Maintenance and operations program overview
• SMART SCALE, Round 3
• Transportation Performance Management safety measures

May 15, 2019

• Meeting agenda
• Meeting minutes
• Meeting video

Resolutions

• Bridge naming: “Trooper Lucas B. Dowell Bridge”
• Highway naming: U.S. Route 1 and Virginia Route 110, Arlington County, from “Jefferson Davis Highway” to “Richmond Highway”
• Adoption of SMART SCALE recommendations for preparation of the final Fiscal Years 2020 - 25 Six- Year Improvement Program
• Establishment of the I-81 Committee pursuant to Chapters 837 and 846 of the 2019 session of the General Assembly
• Fiscal Year 2020 High Volume Unpaved Road Program allocations approval
• Fiscal Year 2020 Primary Extension Improvement Program allocations
• Revenue sharing reallocation, Henry County, Dick and Willie Trail
• Addition of Projects to the Six-Year Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2019-24
• Fiscal Years 2019-24 Six-Year Improvement Program transfers, March 20 - April 19, 2019
• SMART SCALE Project second budget increase, Laskin Road widening (UPC 12546) and Laskin Road phase 1-A (UPC 111711) projects

April 9, 2019

• Workshop agenda
• Workshop minutes
• Video
• Innovation and technology subcommittee agenda
• Rail and transit subcommittee agenda
• Rail and transit subcommittee minutes

Presentations

• Hampton Roads master tolling agreement
• Interstate 95 corridor improvement plan
• Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Fund and program
• Transportation Performance Management safety measures
• Highway Safety Month
• Fiscal Year 2020 primary extensions paving and high volume unpaved roads local programs update
• Draft Fiscal Years 2020 - 25 Six-year Improvement Program
• Long Bridge Project: Key to Virginia rail growth
• General Assembly update

April 10, 2019

• Meeting agenda
• Meeting minutes

Resolutions

• Limited access control changes, Route 15 (Leesburg Bypass) interchange, Edwards Ferry Road and Fort Evans Road, Leesburg
• Limited access control changes, Route 11 (Lee Highway) and Interstate 81 interchange (Exit 5) south off ramp, Bristol
• Addition of projects to the Six-Year Improvement Program, Fiscal Years 2019 - 24
• Fiscal Years 2019 - 24 Six-Year Improvement Program transfers, Feb. 20 - March 19, 2019
• Recommendations relating to utility relocations

March 20, 2019

• Workshop agenda
  
• Workshop minutes
• Workshop video
• Rail and transit subcommittee agenda
• Innovation and technology subcommittee
• Innovation VDOT Office of Strategic Innovations update
• Fiber-focused VDOT work plan
• ITTF Program updates

Presentations

• I-64 Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion Project Procurement updates
• I-64 Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion Project South Island Bridge replacement work
• Route 29 / New Baltimore “Cut the Hills” safety improvement project
• WMATA platform improvement plan - Summer 2019
• Office of Transportation Innovation
• Utility relocation working group
• SMART SCALE, Round 3
• Sustainability of Virginia's Transportation Funding

March 21, 2019

• Meeting agenda
  
• Meeting minutes
• Meeting video

Resolutions

• Statewide abandonment – Primary system of state highways
• Revenue sharing reallocation, Dickenson County – South of the Mountain Road
• Limited Access Control Changes, Interstate 95 and Route 10 Interchange improvements: Chesterfield County
• Addition of projects to the Six-Year Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2019 - 24
• Fiscal Years 2019 - 24 Six-Year Improvement Program transfers, Jan. 19 - Feb. 19, 2019
• Policy for the implementation of performance-based state transit operating allocation
• Addition of a public transportation project to the Six-Year Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2019 - 24 for the WMATA Platform Improvement Program - Summer 2019 Virginia supplemental mitigation plan
• Bridge naming: “Thomas Burns Childress Memorial Bridge”
• Bridge naming: “Wotring Memorial Bridge”
• Endorsment of the commissioner's certification to the governor and General Assembly for the I-64 Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project under the Public-Private Transportation Act, as amended
• Authorization for the Commissioner of Highways to enter into the project agreement for funding and administration with the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission relating to the I-64 Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project
• Action relating to I-64 Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project and South Island Trestle bridge replacement work

Feb. 19, 2019

• Workshop agenda
• Workshop minutes
• Video | Video part 2
• Innovation subcommittee
• Dialog on Highway Automation Workshop – Jan. 30, 2019
• Rail and transit subcommittee
• Rail and transit subcommittee minutes
• Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel procurement update
• Martinsville Southern Connector / Route 220 environmental impact statement
• Issuance of the Series 2019 Capital Projects Revenue Bonds
• Roadside

Feb. 20, 2019

• Meeting agenda
• Meeting minutes
• Video

Resolutions

• Authorizing the issuance and sale of Commonwealth of Virginia Capital Projects Revenue Bonds, series 2019
• Revision to “Establishment of Objective Criteria for the Selection of Design-Build Projects” policy
• Limited access control changes, Interstate 95 South Rappahannock River Crossing: Stafford County, Spotsylvania County, and Fredericksburg
• Addition of projects to the Six-Year Improvement Program, Fiscal Years 2019 - 24
• Fiscal Years 2019 - 24 Six-Year Improvement Program transfers, Dec. 14, 2018, - Jan. 18, 2019
• Recreational access to Tazewell Little League Recreational Park, Project RECR-158-275, town of Tazewell

Jan. 15, 2019

• IT subcommittee agenda
• Innovation and Technology Transportation Fund (ITTF) Projects Update
• IT subcommittee minutes
• Rail subcommittee agenda
• Workshop agenda
• Workshop minutes

Presentations

• Workforce of tomorrow
• Contract award processes
• Progressive Design-Build
• Transit funding and reform update
• Preliminary Fiscal Years 2020 –25 Commonwealth Transportation Fund Six-Year Financial Plan outlook
• Transform66: Inside the Beltway first-year performance review
• 2019 General Assembly update
• Innovation and Technology Transportation Fund
• SMART SCALE Round 3
• Transportation Performance Management safety measure

Jan. 16, 2019

• Meeting agenda
• Meeting minutes

Resolutions

• Revenue sharing de-allocation of project funds (statewide)
• Addition of projects to the Six-Year Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2019 - 24
• Fiscal Years 2019 - 24 Six-Year Improvement Program transfers, Nov. 9 - Dec. 13, 2018
• Limited access control change, Route 171 (Victory Boulevard), York County
• Highway naming: “Brandon Looney Memorial Highway”
• Designation of the I-95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension as HOT Lanes and authorization for the Commissioner of Highways to enter into an updated Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Highway Administration concerning tolling of the I-95 HOV/HOT Lanes, as extended
• Resolution recognizing Henry “Hap” Connors