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State funding cuts and wheel-tax incentive could change Richmond’s road funding; administration estimates 6 miles of paving for 2025
Summary
Beth Fields said legislative changes to the Community Crossings Matching Grant cut available statewide funding from over $350 million to $100 million and added a noncompetitive distribution for municipalities that enact a wheel tax; Beth estimated an enacted wheel tax could bring Richmond about $300,000, while current funds support roughly six miles of paving in 2025.
Beth Fields told the Committee of the Whole that the legislative changes to the Community Crossings Matching Grant program (described in Senate Bill 1 during the meeting) reduced the total competitive pool available to communities from "a little over $350,000,000" this year down to $100,000,000 for 2026. She said the bill adds a noncompetitive distribution to communities that have enacted a wheel tax, and based on Richmond’s lane miles an enacted wheel tax would yield approximately $300,000 in…
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