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Virginia transportation secretary outlines priorities, highlights $3.9B tunnel and multimillion‑dollar rail and port projects
Summary
Secretary Nick Donahue told the Senate transportation subcommittee that his office will prioritize transparency, on‑time delivery and safety while advancing multimillion‑ and multibillion‑dollar projects including a $3.9 billion Hampton Roads tunnel expansion, a roughly $6 billion rail package and $1.4 billion in port improvements.
Nick Donahue, Virginia’s secretary of transportation, told the Senate transportation subcommittee in Richmond that his office will prioritize transparency, accountability and on‑time, on‑budget delivery as it pursues a slate of large infrastructure investments and safety initiatives.
Donahue outlined several major projects he said his office will press forward on: a $3.9 billion expansion of the Hampton Roads tunnel paired with an $800 million Hampton Roads express‑lanes network; a roughly $6 billion “Transforming Rail in Virginia” package intended to increase Amtrak frequency in the I‑95 corridor and expand service to western Virginia and Virginia Tech; a $1.4 billion Port of Virginia…
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