Discussions Commence on I-81 Priorities with Funding Plan Approved
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Transportation officials will spend the next several months honing a list of Interstate 81 improvements to tackle first following the passage of a funding plan from the General Assembly.
Gov. Ralph Northam appeared before the Commonwealth Transportation Board in Richmond on Tuesday, less than a week after the Virginia General Assembly approved his last-ditch amendments to begin funding more than $2 billion in improvements to I-81.
“We’ve got to keep up with our transportation and infrastructure investments,” Northam told the board, which heard from other state officials that work on some of the newly funded improvements that could start as soon as next year. Meanwhile, other previously funded widening work will start in the Roanoke Valley in 2021.
Northam signed the legislation that will generate $280 million annually, of which about $150 million will go toward I-81.
Visit The Roanoke Times for the complete article on the I-81 improvements planning.
