                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TRANSPARENCY IN PROJECT SELECTION IN PLANNING DISTRICT 8 (§ 33.2-214.3)

At least annually, the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, the Northern
Virginia Transportation Commission, the Virginia Railway Express, and the
Commonwealth Transportation Board shall conduct a joint public meeting for the
purposes of presenting to the public, and receiving public comments on, the
transportation projects proposed and conducted by each entity in Planning
District 8. Such presentation shall include documentation regarding how the
combined project selection, timing, and revenue sources employed by the entities
represents the most efficient use of revenue sources. Such presentation shall
include any evaluations or analyses conducted by such entities pursuant to §
33.2-214.1 or subdivision 2 of § 33.2-2500 that relate to Planning District 8.
Each entity shall have at least one designee physically assembled at such joint
public meeting. Nothing herein shall require a quorum of each such entity to
participate in such joint public meeting. The Board shall also invite a Virginia
representative of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board
Steering Committee to participate in and present information during the joint
meeting. Nothing herein shall require such representative to participate or be
physically present in such joint public meeting. The joint public meeting shall
be made available online in a manner that allows the public to contemporaneously
view and hear the meeting. However, in the event that online transmission of the
meeting to the public fails, nothing herein shall require the meeting to recess
until public access is restored online.

HISTORY: 2018, c. 640; 2019, c. 749; 2023, c. 316.