RICHMOND - An advisory panel consisting of transportation experts and policy-makers will hold its first meeting Tuesday night in Stafford to review and evaluate two private-sector proposals to build high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes on the I-95/395 corridor from the Northern Virginia to Fredericksburg regions. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m., July 12 at the Stafford County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1300 Courthouse Road, Stafford, Va.

The two detailed proposals were submitted under Virginia’s Public-Private Transportation Act (PPTA), which allows the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to partner with the private sector to build roads more efficiently.

The detailed proposals are from:

Clark Construction and Shirley Contracting Company (Clark/Shirley)
Fluor Virginia, Inc. and Transurban USA INC. (Fluor-Transurban)

The meeting will be open to the public, but public comments will not be received during this meeting. The agenda includes the following:

Overview of PPTA process

Traditional versus negotiated procurement

Overviews of both proposals

Panel discussion

Future advisory panel meeting dates and locations:
(all meetings are open to the public)

7 p.m., July 26, 2005
Arlington County Board Meeting Room
2100 Clarendon Boulevard
Arlington, Va.

7 p.m., September 21, 2005
Ferlazzo Auditorium
Prince William County
15941 Donald Curtis Drive
Woodbridge, Va.
*This meeting is planned to receive public comments

7 p.m., October 11, 2005
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Meeting Room
12000 Government Center Parkway
Fairfax, Va.


Advisory panel members:
John Rollison, Special Advisory to the Transportation Secretary
Katherine Hanley, Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) member, Northern Virginia
Julia Connally, CTB member, at-large urban
Robert Sevila, CTB member, at-large urban
Malcolm Kerley, VDOT Chief Engineer
Barbara Reese, VDOT Chief Financial Officer
Dennis Morrison, VDOT Northern Virginia District Administrator
Dave Ogle, VDOT Fredericksburg District Administrator
Charles Badger, Assistant Director, Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation
Ron Kirby, Director, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Alfred Harf, Executive Director, Potomac Rappahannock Transit Commission
Brian Smith, University of Virginia Department of Civil Engineering
Dan Tangherlini, Director, Washington D.C. Department of Transportation
Zeke Newcomb, former CTB member

PPTA is a procurement vehicle for VDOT to fund projects. Regardless of how a project is procured – either through a public-private partnership or conventional means – it must go through the required state and federal environmental laws and regulations. Environmental review involves public participation.

On the Internet:

VDOT:
www.VirginiaDOT.org

I-95/395 HOT/HOV PPTA proposals and project information:
http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/ppta-I-95_I-395HOTLanes.asp

The public may comment on the PPTA proposals via email at:
HOTLanes@VDOT.Virginia.gov

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