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Program (CMAQ).
The National Highway System will include all of the nation’s interstate highways plus many other principal highways, but the specific other highways have not yet been named by Congress.
CMAQ funds are to be spent on projects to reduce congestion and air pollution in those locations that have been identified as non-attainment areas under the federal Clean Air Act. In Virginia, those areas are Northern Virginia, Richmond and Tidewater. For 1992-93, $37.8 million is available to Virginia in the CMAQ program.
In addition to the $829.5 million for highway and bridge improvements and funding for public transit, ports and airports, the budget includes $518 million for state highway maintenance, $158 million in financial assistance for city street maintenance and $57.2 million in payments to other state agencies for transportation-related services.
The six-year program includes a separate listing of those projects for which money is available for preconstruction work but not for actual construction. Previously, those projects - often very high-cost projects - were included in the regular sections of the plan, but were marked as not having construction funds available.
The board’s action on the tentative allocations and six-year plan was based on the transportation department’s recommendations that were developed following a series of nine public hearings held throughout Virginia this spring.
Final action by the board will be taken after it holds two additional hearings - one on June 11 in Roanoke and another on June 18 in Richmond.
A breakdown of the next fiscal year’s allocations by system is as follows: Public transit, $69.3 million; Ports, $17.1 million; Airports, $9.8 million; Primary highways, $174.3 million; Urban highways, $130.7 mil
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