A pair of bills aimed at tackling Northern Virginia’s road congestion were killed by a Senate committee Monday, as well as one that would have given Gov. Bob McDonnell a long-coveted seat on Metro’s board of directors. Proposals that would direct the Virginia Department of Transportation to use computer models to determine which Northern Virginia transportation projects would provide the most congestion relief, as well as divert available money to those projects, were rejected by the commonwealth’s Senate Finance Committee.
“In the future, transportation dollars would be better spent and better managed,” said Bob Chase, president of the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance. “These are bills that are very much pro-taxpayer, pro-consumer, and pro-transportation system user.”
