TAGS Encourages Yes Vote
At the October 3, 2007 meeting of
Transportation Association of Greater Springfield
(TAGS) the organization
voted to endorse the 2007 Transportation Bond referendum and encourages residents to vote yes on the transportation bond question
in the November 6, 2007, general election.
The question asks voters to allow Fairfax County to borrow up to $110 million to fund the cost of constructing, reconstructing, improving and acquiring transportation improvements. If the majority of voters approve the question, the county would be allowed to issue bonds to fund transportation projects, including roadway, pedestrian, bicycle and transit improvements.
Of the $110 million, more than $71 million would be spent on improving roads across the county. This includes $8.5 million for improvements related to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission's recommendations at the U.S. Army's Fort Belvoir and nearly $8 million for spot transportation projects. Almost $24 million would be used to improve Fairfax Connector bus and Metrorail facilities, as well as bus stops across the county. Finally, $15 million would fund pedestrian improvements that will enhance safety and connect missing pedestrian links across the county.
The county currently plans to fund $8.5 Million in BRAC improvements - including planning and construction of transportation improvements, such as highway widening, spot improvements, and building other critical transportation infrastructure associated with the relocation of approximately 22,000 jobs to Fort Belvoir and the Engineer Proving Grounds under BRAC.
Additional projects expected to be funded with the proceeds of these bonds include transit and roadway improvements as well as bus stop inventory, safety, and access improvements and pedestrian improvements including construction of safety and access improvements at bus stops, such as shelters, benches, and connections to sidewalks and construction of pedestrian improvements to enhance safety and to connect neighborhoods to transit centers and activity centers.
For more information on the transportation bond visit
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/bond
.
TAGS is a non-profit, public-private transportation management/advocacy association dedicated to identifying and evaluating measures and means that will collectively provide the Greater Springfield area with an effective and efficient transportation system by crafting and supporting practical solutions to transportation challenges.
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