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COMING TO AREA
ROADS...EVEN WHILE A
LEGAL FIGHT
PLAYS OUT OVER TOLLS AT
THE MIDTOWN AND DOWNTOWN
TUNNELS.
THE TOLLS COULD GO UP ON
INTERSTATE 64 FROM
HAMPTON TO
RICHMOND. A STUDY
UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW IS
LOOKING AT THAT AS ONE
OPTION TO PAY FOR
IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT
CONGESTED
ROADWAY.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S AVA
HURDLE SPOKE WITH DRIVERS
ABOUT THE
IDEA...AVA
SOME ARE FOR IT BECAUSE
THEY WANT TO SEE AN END
TO CONGESTION
AND TRAVEL DELAYS BUT
OTHERS AREN'T SO SURE.
RUNS=:06 TC=5/2:25
PATRIKA FORDHAM/DRIVER:
NOBODY REALLY WANTS TO
PAY TOLLS BUT IF IT
IMPROVES THE CITY?
THERE'S A TOSS UP THERE.
WIDENING INTERSTATE 64
BETWEEN HAMPTON AND
RICHMOND.THE PRICE TAG ON
THE PROJECT IS
BETWEEN 4 AND 7 BILLION
DOLLARS. RUNS=:14
TC=6/11:23 TAMARA
ROLLISON/VDOT
SPOKESPERSON: ONE OPTION
INCLUDED TOLLING ALL
VEHICLES ALONG
THE 75 MILES STRETCH.
ANOTHER OPTION INCLUDED
TOLLING EXPRESS LANES.
NOT ALL THE LANES WOULD
BE TOLLED JUST THE
EXPRESS LANES WOULD BE.
DRIVERS HAVE MIXED
FEELINGS ABOUT PAYING
TOLLS. RUNS=:10 TC=2/:51
JEANINE SVOBODA/DRIVER: I
WOULD MOSTLY BECAUSE THE
ROADS DO NEED THE WORK
AND I DON'T REALLY SEE A
TC=3/1:44 MOSES
NEWSOME/DRIVER: THERE'S
OTHER RESOURCES THEY CAN
PULL THE FUNDS. CHARGING
PEOPLE A TOLL IS GOING TO
PUT PEOPLE IN A WORSE
SITUATION. THE WAY
JOBS ARE NOW IN VIRGINIA
PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING.
FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING
HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED TO FUND
IMPROVEMENTS ON THIS
STRETCH OF I-64 AND THERE
IS NO FEDERAL OR STATE
AGREEMENT TO TOLL THAT
SECTION OF I-64.
A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
IS THE NEXT STEP.
TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN
HURDLE, 10 ON YOUR SIDE.
GET READY TO HIT THE
BRAKES-- RED LIGHT
CAMERAS ARE GOING UP IN