HomeMy Public PortalAbout2004_03_23_r043The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
RESOLUTION NO.
2004-43
PRESENTED:
ADOPTED:
March 23, 2004
March 23, 2004
A RESOLUTION: SUPPORTING REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS
WHEREAS, the United States Congress will consider reauthorization of federal transportation
programs and policies necessary to improve our nation's mobility; and
WHEREAS, reauthorizing federal transportation programs is essential to improving our nation,
state, and town's economic health because transportation infrastructure constitutes the circulatory system
through which consumers and commerce flow in and through our nation's cities and regions.
WHEREAS, reauthorizing federal transportation programs will help reduce the roadway
congestion and environmental pollution; and
WHEREAS, reauthorizing federal transportation programs will help improve the quality of lite in
Leesburg and throughout Virginia, as job creation and employee attraction and retention are often
associated with quality of life factors such as good transportation; and
WHEREAS, reauthorizing federal transportation programs is an investment in homeland security
as transportation systems help move people out of harm's way and transport emergency personnel where
needed; and
WHEREAS, gas tax revenues collected at the fuel pump help pay for the reauthorized federal
transportation programs, and the Virginia Municipal League urges reauthorization at an adequate funding
level and that Virginia receives a more equitable return on the gas taxes remitted to Washington; and
WHEREAS, the Virginia Municipal League states that local governments across the country own
and operate about 75% of the nearly 4 million-mile highway and roadway network, almost 300,000
bridges, and manage about 90% of the nation's transit systems; and
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A RESOLUTION: SUPPORTING REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS
WHEREAS, the National League of Cities, the Virginia Municipal League, and cities and towns
across our nation desire a six-year rather than a two-year bill given the need for long-term planning and
funding stability of transportation projects to ensure cost-effective projects; and
WHEREAS, the Virginia Municipal League urges amendments to allocate funding from existing
TEA-21 programs like the Surface Transportation Program (STP), the National Highway System (NHS),
and the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality program (CMAQ) to local governments to lessen traffic
congestion; and
WHEREAS, the Virginia Municipal League also supports provisions to increase funding levels
for metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and provide funding directly for local and regional
incident management programs.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED, by the Town Council in the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows: The Town of Leesburg supports adoption of a Federal six-year surface transportation
reauthorization bill to help meet the long-term transportation needs of our nation, including provisions to
empower local and regional officials with additional flexibility to design, manage, finance, and operate
transportation programs to reduce roadway congestion and best meet the needs of local communities and
regions.
PASSED this 23rd day of March 2004
ATTEST:
~/Clerk of Council
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Town of Leesburg