HD7 - Off-Site Road Improvements

  • Published: 1990
  • Author: Joint Subcommittee
  • Enabling Authority: House Joint Resolution 125 (Regular Session, 1988)

Executive Summary:
House Joint Resolution No. 125 of the 1988 Session of the General Assembly Established this subcommittee to study off-site road improvements, local zoning and subdivision authority, and the impact of land development on the public infrastructure, The study was a continuation of the study by the Governor's Commission on Transportation in the Twenty-First Century, which considered a wide range of funding options for localities in meeting road needs but never fully addressed this aspect of its work in its final report.

The joint subcommittee elected Delegate C. Richard Cranwell as Chairman and Mr. Joseph Alexander, a member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, as vice-chairman at its initial meeting in Richmond on June 7, 1988. Other members of the joint subcommittee included Delegates Thomas M. Jackson, Jr. of Hillsville and Robert Tata of Virginia Beach, Senators Charles J. Colgan of Prince William and Mark L. Earley of Chesapeake, and Mr. Harold Heischober, a member of the Virginia Beach City council.

The joint subcommittee thereafter held a series of five public hearings throughout the state: Chesapeake (July 25), Abingdon (August 31), Prince William (November 16), Charlottesville (December 7), and Richmond (December 8). Recommendations were determined at a final meeting in Richmond on
December 19, 1988.