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Distribution of $74 million for construction and maintenance on Virginia’s 42,000-mile secondary road system during the 1970-71 fiscal year has been announced by the State Department of Highways.
It means larger allocations next year for secondary road purposes in each of the state’s 96 counties.
Altogether, the total sum is up about $5 million from the current year’s secondary system budget, chiefly as a result of increased income from' state revenue sources.
As in the past, by far the largest part of the secondary funds.--$68,061,229-will come from state road user taxes. The balance of $5,939,801 will be derived from federal road user taxes.
Virginia’s secondary highway system includes the local roads in 94 counties. The other two counties, Arlington and Henrico, maintain and improve their own secondary roads, and receive direct payments from the state for this purpose.
The state secondary system receives 33 per cent of net road funds, except federal interstate payments and revenue provided by the 1966 session of the General Assembly.
Secondary funds derived from taxes levied prior to the Acts of 1964 and 1966 are apportioned among the counties by a method taking into account such factors as area, population, road mileage, and vehicle miles of travel. The additional revenue provided through legislation enacted by the 1964 and 1966 sessions of the General Assembly is being apportioned among all 96 counties on the basis of needs in each county as they relate to needs in the state as a whole. As their shares of total secondary funds during the coming year, Arlington will receive $1,746,523 and an additional $796,080 in state and federal urban funds for
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