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• Dennis Heuer, P.E., VDOT District Administrator

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Virginia Department of Transportation

• Manages more than 57,082 miles of roadway--the
  third largest highway system in the country.
• Workforce of 9,000
• Department divided into nine construction
  districts.

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Pinners Point

• 153 million project started in March 2002.
• Completed Fall 2005.
• Provides greater access to our ports.
• Safer, less congested pathway through Port
  Norfolk.
• Designed for rail expansion

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164 Maersk Terminal Project

• 22 million project
• Will provide greater access to the terminal.
• Support the growing traffic levels in the area.
• Minimize truck traffic on local streets.

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Battlefield Boulevard

• 100 million project
• Key to increasing accessibility to our ports.
• Improves safety
• Will separate local traffic from through traffic,
  and provide a more direct routes.
• Key to widening the I-64 Corridor

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Battlefield Boulevard
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Coliseum Central Project (I-64)

• 112 million project
• Westbound lanes
• opened last month
• Completion set for August 2006

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• I-64 widening to Richmond
• Unfunded requires more than 500 million
• Part of the MPOs long-range plan
• Would expand lanes from 4 to 6 lanes from Route
  143/Jefferson Ave. to New Kent Co.

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• Hampton Boulevard
• 69.3 million project would eliminate congestion
• Add lanes and tunnel under railroad crossing from
  North Roger Avenue to South B Avenue
• Temporarily deferred because of funding shortfall

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Route 460 new alignment

• Cost could range up to 600 million
• Public-private partnerships solicited
• Schedule
• -Proposal submission June 14, 2006
• -Local comments due October 1, 2006
• -CTB Resolution May 17, 2007
• Tolls studied as possibility to cover costs

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Third Crossing

• Project segments
• I-564 to I-664 multi-modal connector
• New bridge tunnel parallel to I-664 MMBT
• Craney Island connector to Route 164
• I-664 peninsula widening
• I-664 Southside widening

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Third Crossing Benefits

• Relieve congestion
• Improve access to economic centers
• Improve transportation services
• Improve emergency evacuation routes
• Protect environmental resources
• Enable passenger rail access

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• Third Crossing
• CTB recommended to approve two PPTA proposals,
  Feb. 2005
• Request for detailed proposals issued on Aug. 29,
  2005
• VDOT extended submittal date to August 30, 2006.

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