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missioner of Transportation, the authority to choose the location of state roads. Federal law imposes more stringent environmental standards on highways than the state law does, and also requires more public input.
Under state law, Mr. Pethtel would not have to hold public hearings. Nor would his decision require any action from the state legislature, and it would be immune from review by state courts.
Because rulings on these issues were handed down by courts before certain changes were made in the state’s transportation laws, it is possible they would no longer apply.
Fauquier planning director Richard McNear, asked if state funding would render the outer beltway more likely, responded, “Yeah. Just straight state funds I would think a very difficult proposition. The toll road idea makes it easier.”
Mr. McNear has said all along that state transportation officials have already
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