Transportation board votes to delay road, transit projects

Published July 17, 2008 4:00am ET



A regional transportation board voted Wednesday to delay a slew of road and transit projects in Northern Virginia because state lawmakers failed to agree on a way to fund them during an emergency legislative session this month.

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board — which must sign off on projects for them to move forward — passed a six-year rolling transportation plan that delayed or nixed projects in every Northern Virginia jurisdiction and for the Virginia Railway Express commuter train.

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