Jerry Kilgore releases Transportation Plan

From the Jerry Kilgore web-site:

• Former Attorney General and candidate for Governor Jerry Kilgore today proposed a comprehensive, innovative plan to address transportation needs in regions across Virginia. As Governor, Kilgore will create regional transportation authorities that will be empowered to make decisions about local transportation needs and raise the funds necessary to make improvements. Other proposals include securing the Transportation Trust Fund and requiring the worst driving offenders to help pay for road improvements.
  "The state has a responsibility to provide for major highways and rural roads, and we need to invest more in transportation at the state level. But all the answers are not found in Richmond, and all the decisions should not be made there either," Kilgore said. "I trust the people driving on the roads, not the bureaucrat staring at a map in Richmond."
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I like the "Kilgore will create regional transportation authorities that will be empowered to make decisions about local transportation needs and raise the funds necessary to make improvements." This is long overdue! Here in Wise we are facing a new access road and why not let locals have some say. Example of this is the State proposed road costs double what the locals have planned, less homes are disturbed, and will carry the majority of traffic as compared to the state plan. Read about it here.