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2/15/05-The Senate Transportation Committee voted Feb. 3 to table a measure that sought to halt negotiations over a $13 billion proposal to widen Interstate 81.
Panel members said that intervening so late in the process could hamper future public-private road projects.
SB1319, sponsored by Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Mount Solon, would require the Virginia Department of Transportation to suspend talks with Star Solutions, a consortium of contractors that has proposed widening all 325 miles of the interstate in the state to eight lanes, until it received the express authorization of the General Assembly to proceed.
Panel members said that intervening so late in the process could hamper future public-private road projects.
SB1319, sponsored by Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Mount Solon, would require the Virginia Department of Transportation to suspend talks with Star Solutions, a consortium of contractors that has proposed widening all 325 miles of the interstate in the state to eight lanes, until it received the express authorization of the General Assembly to proceed.