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WE TALK ABOUT THE LIGHT RAIL
TWO BIG RACES WE ARE
FOLLOWING IN VIRGINIA BEACH
TONIGHT.
RUN IS LIGHT RAIL, SHOULD THE
CITY CONSIDER EXTENDING.
THE RACE FOR THE MAYOR OF
VIRGINIA BEACH.
BRUCE IS HERE NOW.
BRINGS, BEFORE WE GET TO YOU,
WE KNOW YOU NORMALLY DO SPORTS,
BUT YOU ARE A LONG TIME RESIDENT
OF VIRGINIA BEACH.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE
BALLOT.
13 YEARS AGO VOTERS WERE
FACED WITH THE QUESTION OF LIGHT
RAIL EXTENDED TO THE CITY.
THAT REFERENDUM WAS SOUNDLY
REJECTED AND BACK ON THE BALLOT
TODAY AND SUPPORTED BY THE
MAYOR, THE NAVY, THE CITY AND
MANY OF THE BUSINESS FOLKS THAT
WERE AGAINST IT BACK THEN.
VOTERS WERE ASKED THE QUESTION
TODAY, SHOULD THEIR CITY USE
EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE FINANCING
AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TIDE,
LIGHT RAIL, INTO VIRGINIA BEACH?
NOW ONE GROUP, MOVE HAMPTON
ROADS, RAISED HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GET THIS
PASSED AND JOINING ME LIVE IN
VIRGINIA BEACH IS THE HAMPTON
ROADS DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE ON
THE TRANSPORTATION BOARD AND A
BIG SUPPORTER OF THIS LIGHT RAIL
REFERENDUM.
AUBREY, WHY AFTER 13 YEARS A
CHANGE OF HEART?
THE BIGGEST REASON IS WE HAVE
UP AND RUNNING LIGHT RAIL LINE
IN THE REGION.
IT IS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
TO WORSEN.
WE HAVE SOME OF THE MOST
CONGESTED ROADS IN THE NATION
AND THE MILITARY HAS SAID WE
NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
AND ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER
THINGS THEY HAVE HAD IS THE
EXTENSION OF THE LIGHT RAIL WITH
THE HOPE OF JOINING THE NAVY
BASE IN NORFOLK AND THE AIR BASE
IN VIRGINIA BEACH WITH LIGHT
RAIL.
THE BIG M WORD, MONEY, FROM
WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WOULD PAY 50% OF THE
COST AND THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
PAYING 25 AND THE CITY OF
VIRGINIA BEACH PAYING 25
PERCENT.
YOU WERE APPOINTED TO THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
WHAT IS THE GOVERNOR'S STATE ON
THIS?
DEVELOPMENT.
WE HELPED THE CITY OF VIRGINIA
BEACH WITH THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN
LINE, AND THE FIXED SKYLINE THAT
IT WOULD RUN ON.
IN ADDITION ANYTHING THAT WE CAN
DO TO LESSEN CONGESTION OR HELP
OUT THE EMPLOYERSES OR THE
TOURISM IN THE AREA, WE LOOK
BEACH.
THINK ABOUT IT, WE HAVE
PASSENGER RAIL STARTING IN
NORFOLK THIS DECEMBER.
SO OUR INTENTION WOULD BE TO
HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN ON THE
RAIL AND GOING TO THE OCEAN
FRONT WITHOUT GETTING IN A CAR.