Item 1. I. of Chapter 1 of the Acts of Assembly of the 2026 Special Session of the General Assembly states that the Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability shall regularly review and provide oversight of the usage of funding generated pursuant to the provisions of House Bill 2313, 2013 Session of the General Assembly. To this end, by November 15 of each year, the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority and the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission shall each prepare a report on the uses of the Commonwealth Rail Fund, the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Fund, and the Hampton Roads Transportation Fund, respectively, each year to be presented to the Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability.

During FY2026, the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission (‘HRTAC’ or the ‘Commission’) took actions and executed project agreements or project amendments with the Virginia Department of Transportation (‘VDOT’) to advance project readiness and to provide funding for construction and project delivery. During the fiscal year, HRTAC issued its $7.8 billion through FY2032 Funding Plan Update and its $12.1 billion Long-Range Funding Plan Update through FY2050, and further advanced project development and construction with VDOT, which was supported by the Hampton Roads Transportation Fund (‘HRTF’). HRTAC also advanced project agreements with the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads (Hampton Roads Transit) supported by the Hampton Roads Regional Transit Fund (‘HRRTF’). The major work activity of FY2026 was related to the continued execution of the Commission’s debt financing and funding plan for HRTF supported projects, administration of the Master Agreement for the Development and Tolling (‘Master Tolling Agreement’) of the Hampton Roads Express Lanes Network (‘HRELN’), and the administration of the fifth funding year of the Hampton Roads Regional Transit Fund and Program. Of the total HRTF- and toll-revenue supported project costs under agreement, $5.8 billion is sourced by HRTAC controlled monies. Since the inception of the HRTF, the Commonwealth of Virginia’s SMART SCALE Program has provided approximately $463.8 million toward HRTAC projects including the I-64 Peninsula Widening, the I-64 Southside Widening/High Rise Bridge Phase I, the I-64/I-264 Interchange Improvements (Phase II) and the HRBT Expansion Project. Figure 1 provides a graphic showing the locations and the activities of the HRTAC HRTF- and toll-revenue funded projects. HRTAC does not permit balances to sit on projects that will not fully utilize the allocated funds in a timely manner; VDOT and HRTAC work together to identify projects that could release project contingency funds or allocations deemed surplus to allow other projects to advance.