                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INTERSTATE OPERATIONS AND ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (§ 33.2-372)

A. The Board shall establish the Interstate Operations and Enhancement Program
(the Program) to improve the safety, reliability, and travel flow along
interstate highway corridors in the Commonwealth.

B. The Board may use funds in the Program to address identified needs in the
Statewide Transportation Plan pursuant to &#xA7; 33.2-353 or an interstate
corridor plan approved by the Board through (i) operational and transportation
demand management strategies and (ii) other transportation improvements,
strategies, or services.

C. The Board, with the assistance of the Office of Intermodal Planning and
Investment, shall establish a process to evaluate and prioritize potential
strategies and improvements, with priority given first to operational and
transportation demand management strategies that improve reliability and safety
of travel.

D. The Board may not use funds in the Program to supplant existing levels of
support as of July 1, 2019, for existing operational and transportation demand
management strategies.

E. The Board shall distribute to the Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Fund
established pursuant to 33.2-3601 an amount equal to the revenues provided to
the Program multiplied by the ratio of the vehicle miles traveled on Interstate
81 by vehicles classified as Class 6 or higher by the Federal Highway
Administration to the total vehicle miles traveled on all interstate highways in
the Commonwealth by vehicles classified as Class 6 or higher.

F. The Board shall distribute to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority
Fund established pursuant to &#xA7; 33.2-2509 an amount equal to the revenues
provided to the Program multiplied by the ratio of vehicle miles traveled on
interstate highways in Planning District 8 by vehicles classified as Class 6 or
higher by the Federal Highway Administration to the total vehicles miles
traveled on all interstate highways in the Commonwealth by vehicles classified
as Class 6 or higher.

G. For any interstate highway with more than 10 percent of total vehicle miles
traveled by vehicles classified as Class 6 or higher by the Federal Highway
Administration, the Board shall ensure that the total long-term expenditure for
each interstate highway shall be approximately equal to the proportion of the
total revenue deposited in the Fund attributable to each interstate highway
based on such interstate highway&#8217;s proportional share of interstate
vehicle miles traveled by vehicles classified as Class 6 or higher.

HISTORY: 2020, cc. 1230, 1275.