At recent Board of Supervisor meetings, Supervisor Yakabouski has advocated to use County Bond Referendum authority to finance transportation projects that Spotsy voters supported in 2014. Supervisor Yakabouski also advocated to use Bond authority during last year’s budget cycle, but was unsuccessful at getting other supervisors support. The Board majority wanted to wait on the results of the Third Round of SMARTSCALE, which ranks state-wide transportation projects and distributes state funds to the highest scoring projects.
These SMARTSCALE draft results were released in late January and Spotsy’s four projects did not score well enough to receive state funding. These projects are below (refresh the page if the PDF does not appear).
However, a City of Fredericksburg project that proposed the addition of a dedicated right turn lane at the intersection of Dixon street and Lansdowne road was approved. This should be helpful tp Spotsy residents.
The FAMPO presentation can be found below. If the PDF does not appear, refresh the page.
In 2014, the Bond Referendum question for transportation was approved 17,120 to 14,842. The Bond Referendum question for transportation was:
Shall the County of Spotsylvania, Virginia, contract a debt and issue its General Obligation Public Improvement Bonds in the maximum amount of sixty-three million, three hundred eight thousand, nine hundred fifty dollars ($63,308,950.00) to provide funds, together with other available funds, to undertake a program of Capital Improvement Projects for the improvement of public roads, including but not limited to those in the following areas: the area ofl-95, Exit 126; the area of l-95, Exit 118; Route 1 corridor; Route 2 corridor; Route 208 corridor; Harrison Road; the intersection at Elys Ford and Route 3; Grand Brooks Road; and other public roads requiring improvements?
Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO) coordinates and administers transportation projects for the Fredericksburg region. Spotsylvania’s FAMPO Policy Committee representatives are Supervisors Marshall, McLaughlin, and Ross.
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