| Bills | Committee | Last action | Date |
| HB 74 - Reid - Unpaved secondary highways; improvement of secondary hwys. includes improvements other than paving. | (H) Committee on Transportation (S) Committee on Transportation | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0134) | 03/26/24 |
| notes: Clarifies that the improvement of nonsurface treated secondary highways includes improvements other than paving, as described in the bill. The bill also clarifies that the local governing body of the county receiving funds for such improvements will select the highways or highway segments to be improved, after consulting with the Department of Transportation, and the project shall be designed and implemented by the county capital projects manager to project standards. | |||
| HB 1233 - Higgins - Unpaved secondary highway funds; improvements, enhanced maintenances, report. | (H) Committee on Rules | (H) Continued to 2025 in Rules | 02/01/24 |
| notes: Provides that improvements to nonsurface treated secondary highways may, at the discretion of the locality, include changes other than paving, including enhanced maintenance and capital improvements to such highway. The bill directs the Department of Transportation to review and consider methods of improving unpaved secondary highways other than paving such highways and report its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation by November 1, 2024. | |||
| HB 1254 - Runion - Bridges; state of good repair, allocation of funds. | (H) Committee on Transportation (S) Committee on Finance and Appropriations | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0415) | 04/04/24 |
| notes: Designates bridges with a general condition rating, defined in the bill, of no more than five for at least one major bridge component as eligible for state of good repair funds. Currently, bridges must be structurally deficient to be eligible. The bill authorizes the use of state of good repair funds for improvements anticipated to extend the useful life of a bridge by at least 10 years. The bill applies to new project allocations made by the Commonwealth Transportation Board after June 1, 2025. | |||
| SB 644 - Perry - Unpaved secondary highways; improvement of secondary hwys. includes improvements other than paving. | (H) Committee on Appropriations (S) Committee on Transportation | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0160) | 03/26/24 |
| notes: Clarifies that the improvement of nonsurface treated secondary highways includes improvements other than paving, as described in the bill. The bill also clarifies that the local governing body of the county receiving funds for such improvements will select the highways or highway segments to be improved, after consulting with the Department of Transportation, and the project shall be designed and implemented by the county capital projects manager to project standards. | |||