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Originally Posted by Nexis4Jersey
Hes just as bad , and VA governor , only the Maine Governor is transit/rail friendly...
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VA Governor has been just as bad? No, Gov. McDonnell, while he is pretty conservative, especially on social issues, has been very supportive of the Amtrak passenger projects in VA. The state put up $114 million on his watch to start service to Norfolk. While his latest plan to kill the state gasoline excise tax in favor of a state wide sales tax revenue to fund transportation, his proposed budget calls for $264 million in additional passenger rail funding over the next 5 years over what has already been authorized. $102 million of that would be spent by FY2016 to restore passenger train service to Roanoke. The odds of Amtrak service to Roanoke and 3 trains a day to Norfolk by 2017 are quite good.