For Immediate
Release Contact:
Leo Schefer
June 20,
2008 (703)
572-8714
375,000 Jobs
$470 Million in Local Property Tax Revenues
$895 Million in State Tax Revenues
Beat the Gridlock that Threatens to Choke
Washington Dulles International Airport and the
Port
of Hampton Roads
Good ports don’t do the
Commonwealth much good if you cannot easily access
them! Therefore, the Northern Virginia
Transportation Alliance, the Washington Airports
Task Force and the Hampton Roads Partnership and
have teamed up to alert Virginians to the threat
that traffic gridlock poses to the future viability
of Washington Dulles International Airport and the
Port of Hampton Roads. The name of this partnership
is BeatTheGridlock.com
Governor Kaine and
Virginia legislators agree that Dulles and the Port
are the Commonwealth’s two most important economic
engines. Yet deteriorating highway conditions in
Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads and throughout the
Commonwealth are making these two powerful economic
engines less and less accessible and likely to
fulfill their economic potential.
That’s why securing new,
sustainable, dedicated funding of at least $400
million per year for Northern Virginia, $200 million
per year for Hampton Roads and $1 billion per year
for statewide maintenance and construction in the
June Special Session is so critical.
To view a video on the
importance of Dulles and the Port to all Virginians,
please go to
www.BeatTheGridlock.com.
Dulles Airport and the Port
Two Important Reasons We Need
New Regional and State Funding Now!
