SENATE FINANCE PROPOSES ALTERNATIVE ROAD FINANCING BILL

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Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee amended the House's transportation funding bill (HB 3202) by eliminating the bill's reliance on an annual $250 million General Fund appropriation. Instead, The Committee substituted a $150 vehicle titling fee that would raise $330 million a year, and authority for for local governments in Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia to raise the sales tax to pay for additional roads.

In reaction to the Senate Finance Committee's vote, Speaker of the House Howell said, "If this bill comes over to the House, we may just reject it and go home."

We have come too far and gotten too close to a funding package for transportation to just let the legislators "go home." The funding packages are still in play, and we should expect our "leaders" to craft an acceptable solution.

Please take a few minutes and call or e-mail your Senator and Delegate. Tell them that we need a transportation funding plan now, and to work to bring about a compromise that all can accept. Bottom line: "Don't Come Home Without it."

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