VRE Gainesville-to-Haymarket Extension Study on NVTC May 5 agenda

Northern Virginia Transportation Commission will meet on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 7 p.m. at 2300 Wilson Blvd., Main Floor Conference Room, Arlington, VA.

Among the agenda items will be VRE Gainesville-to-Haymarket Extension Study. Virginia Railway Express CEO Doug Allen will brief Commissioners on progress being made on a proposed 11-mile extension of the Manassas Line from the City of Manassas through Gainesville to the
Haymarket area in Prince William County.

Also on the agenda will be:

• Public Hearing on Transform 66 Multimodal Component Funding Applications
Members of the public have the opportunity to comment on the 19 multimodal component funding applications from the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church; the counties of Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun; and the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission.

Report by the WMATA Board Chairman
WMATA Board Chairman Jack Evans will provide a budget and financial update as part of the Report of the Virginia Members of the WMATA Board of Directors, and

Legislative & Policy Committee Report
Committee chairs will preview new efforts to address the expiration of transit capital funding in Virginia.

NVTC works to ensure that businesses and residents are served by a high capacity, high quality network of transit systems that allows the region to thrive. It funds and promotes transit in the counties of Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church. NVTC supports five local bus systems (ART, CUE, DASH, Fairfax Connector, Loudoun County Transit), WMATA (Metrorail/Metrobus) and the Virginia Railway Express. Visit http://www.NoVaTransit.org or call 703-524-3322 to learn more.