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Here’s the gist of why General Assembly delegates are upping their antes in the quest for land-use reform: “Any legislative plan to improve transportation that ignores one of the root causes of clogged roads and highways - Virginia’s 70-plus-year-old government land use policies - is inherently inadequate, shortsighted and flawed," a House of Representatives press release states. “Transportation cannot be addressed and its challenges cannot be solved if we continue to adhere to the outdated approach of just three elements,” the release continues, and specifies these elements as taxing, spending and building. Delegate Clay Athey will bring forth at the Jan. 10 General Assembly session a proposal that mandates local governments create “Urban Development Areas” within the Comprehensive Plan - an effort to target growth to certain areas that is very similar in detail to the use of service districts in Fauquier.
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