                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUTHORITY FOR LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING (§
33.2-2508)

In fulfilling the requirements of subdivision 1 of § 33.2-2500, the Authority
shall be responsible for long-range transportation planning for regional
transportation projects in Northern Virginia. In carrying out this
responsibility, the Authority shall, on the basis of a regional consensus
whenever possible, set regional transportation policies and priorities for
regional transportation projects and, at least once every five years, shall
consider for revision and revise as necessary the regional transportation plan.
The policies and priorities shall have reducing congestion in Planning District
8 as their primary objective to the greatest extent practicable and shall be
guided by performance-based criteria such as the ability to improve travel
times, reduce delays, connect regional activity centers, improve safety, improve
air quality, and move the most people in the most cost-effective manner. Any
obstacles to achieving this objective shall be specified in writing, including
any reason relating to the need for cooperation by any locality embraced by (i)
the Authority, (ii) the District of Columbia, (iii) the State of Maryland, or
(iv) any other regional entity in the metropolitan Washington area. Each
locality embraced by the Authority shall annually inform the Authority about and
the Authority shall annually publish on its website any land use or
transportation elements of its comprehensive plan that are not consistent with
the plan required by subdivision 1 of § 33.2-2500. No change in such
comprehensive plan shall compel the Authority to alter the plan prepared
according to this section.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 846, § 15.2-4838; 2014, c. 805; 2015, cc. 477, 496; 2017, c.
351.