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A total of 169 road construction projects amounting to 290 miles in length and costing $137 million were completed in Virginia during the 1969-70 fiscal year, the State Highway Commission said today in its 63d annual report.
In addition, 243 other projects totaling 588 miles in length were underway when the fiscal year ended June 30, the Commission said. Cost of these uncompleted projects is about $398 million.
The construction progress was noted in a 34-page report covering operations of the Department of Highways’ 19 divisions and eight districts. It also Includes discussions of three topics which the Commission observed occupied much of the time of highway employes during the year •• environmental considerations in planning and construction, restoration after the Hurricane Camille flooding In August of 1969, and the State’s unique experiment reserving lanes of the Shirley Highway In Northern Virginia for commuter buses during rush hours. Construction work completed during the year Included 47 projects totaling 92 miles and $71,119,911 on the Interstate system; 21 projects, 77 miles and $30,676,372 on the arterial network of four-lane divided highways; 17 projects, 25 miles and $6,486,878 on the regular primary system; 16 projects, 16
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