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Council weighs HRT FY27 requests, microtransit tradeoffs and Route 33 restoration
Summary
City staff sought reinstatement of a resort circulator and other route pilots but HRT cited driver shortages; staff also flagged a Route 33 reduction that affected worker commutes and presented a choice on renewing a Bayside microtransit TRIP grant that carries increasing local matches in later years.
Planning Director Kathy Warren and Comprehensive Planning Administrator Hank Morrison briefed council on Virginia Beach’s FY27 Transportation Service Plan negotiations with Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) and requested direction on several items.
Morrison said HRT’s draft TSP would raise the city’s FY27 TSP cost to about $9.5 million (up roughly $950,000 from FY26) because of added service hours and a new collective‑bargaining agreement. Staff requested three changes: reinstatement of a…
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