Title: Virginia's Transportation Funding         - Projects | Virginia Department of Transportation
Headings: Virginia's Transportation Funding
Virginia's Transportation Funding
Six-Year Improvement Program

Content: The first priority for funding is maintaining existing infrastructure. This comes primarily from the financial plan’s Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund. Some of the other funding sources in the plan go specifically to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority and the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission for transportation improvements in those regions. Funding also goes to rail and public transportation, administration and other programs. Dedicated revenue is made available for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Capital Fund beginning in Fiscal Year 2019. House Bill 1887 modifies how the commonwealth distributes transportation revenue from the financial plan’s construction funding sources to maintain a State of Good Repair and address capital improvement needs. The CTB prioritizes funding for State of Good Repair work to rehabilitate aging infrastructure based on bridge and paving needs. The SMART SCALE prioritization system determines how funds will be programmed to capital improvement projects through the High Priority Project Program and the Construction District Grant Program. After maintenance and other programs and needs are financed, remaining construction funding is distributed according to a new funding formula: State of Good Repair of structures and pavement – 45 percent
High-Priority Projects Program for key statewide needs – 27.5 percent
District Grant Programs – 27.5 percent
Together, the State of Good Repair and SMART SCALE improve the commonwealth’s ability to fund the right projects generating the greatest benefit.