                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION DISTRICT GRANT PROGRAMS (§ 33.2-371)

A. As used in this section:
			&#8220;Land area&#8221; means the total land area of the counties within a
highway construction district reduced by the area of any military reservations
and state or national parks or forests within its boundaries and such other
similar areas and facilities of five square miles in area or more, as may be
determined by the Board.
			&#8220;Population&#8221; means the population according to the latest U.S.
census or the latest population estimates made by the Weldon Cooper Center for
Public Service of the University of Virginia, whichever is more recent.

B. The Board shall establish a grant program in each highway construction
district to fund projects and strategies that address a need in the Statewide
Transportation Plan developed pursuant to &#xA7; 33.2-353.

C. The Board shall solicit candidate projects and strategies from local
governments for consideration in the applicable highway construction
district&#8217;s grant program. Candidate projects and strategies shall be
screened, evaluated, and selected by the Board according to the process
established pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7; 33.2-214.1 but shall be within a
highway construction district and not outside such highway construction
district. Candidate projects and strategies from localities within a highway
construction district shall be scored against projects and strategies within the
same highway construction district. Only those candidate projects and strategies
submitted by a locality shall be funded.

D. Funds allocated to this program under § 33.2-358 shall be distributed to
each highway construction district for that district&#8217;s grant program as
follows:

   1. Thirty percent based on the ratio of the population of the cities and towns
   eligible to receive payments pursuant to &#xA7; 33.2-319 within a highway
   construction district to the total population of the cities and towns eligible
   to receive payments pursuant to &#xA7; 33.2-319 within the Commonwealth;

   2. Twenty-eight percent based on the ratio of vehicle miles traveled on
   primary highways within the highway construction district to the total vehicle
   miles traveled on primary highways in the Commonwealth;

   3. Twenty-four percent based on the ratio of the population of counties within
   a highway construction district to the total population of all counties within
   the Commonwealth;

   4. Ten percent based on the ratio of the number of primary lane-miles in the
   highway construction district to the total number of primary lane-miles within
   the Commonwealth;

   5. Six percent based on the ratio of the land area of counties within the
   highway construction district to the total land area of counties within the
   Commonwealth; and

   6. Two percent based on a primary need factor based on addressing the largest
   under-allocation to highway construction districts relative to primary needs.

E. Projects awarded funds under a grant program established by this section may
be administered by the local government pursuant to &#xA7; 33.2-228 or by the
Department.

HISTORY: 2015, c. 684.