VDOT plan pumps funding into I-66, Route 50

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Virginia transportation officials are proposing to pump reserves of federal cash into upgrades on Interstate 66 and Route 50, two of Northern Virginia’s biggest east-west arteries considered sorely in need of improvements.

A draft plan released Wednesday charting six years of proposed road and rail projects includes $103 million for the highways and several other projects across the state. The total $7.7 billion blueprint is expected to be adopted by the Commonwealth Transportation Board in June.

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