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Virginia plans to sell nearly $500 million in bonds to help finance projects in the state's six-year transportation improvements program, including truck-climbing lanes on two segments of Interstate 81 in Montgomery and Rockbridge counties, Gov. Bob McDonnell said Friday.
The debt was authorized by the General Assembly in a 2007 transportation funding bill. But none of the bonds has been issued, largely because of the economic downturn. The legislation had called for the debt to be retired with revenue from a tax on insurance premiums, but the revenue has lagged behind projections.See the full content of this document
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Va. To Sell Bonds to Pay for Road Work
Administration officials said the decline in debt service...
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