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Va. Committee Puts Transportation Plans on Ice

Photo by Margaret Thomas/The Washington Post
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING WILL REMAIN one of the biggest issues facing Virginia officials in the coming years, but for the moment, the topic is off the state legislature's plate.

On Monday, a House of Delegates committee killed a proposal to raise the commonwealth's gas tax a nickel a gallon over the next five years, which, as The Post's Sandhya Somashekhar and Tim Craig report, essentially halts any efforts to generate new transportation funding this year.

On Monday, the General Assembly entered the final two-week stretch of its 60-day legislative session.

» "Tax-Relief, Transportation Proposals Essentially Killed This Year" [WaPo]

File photo by Margaret Thomas/The Washington Post

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