Commission studies local transportation funding options
Local governments favor special assessments on property developers to finance area transportation needs. A survey by the Commission on Transportation in the 21st Century found impact fees off site road contributions record fees and property owner assessments as top local options. The advisory committee plans a special panel to study whether additional local financing and expanded state allocations are needed. Prince William County Supervisor Katherine Seefeldt urged openness to all options to empower local governments in transportation planning.
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Richmond, Va
Commission On Transportation
General Assembly
Commission
Advisory Committee On Local Government
Prince William County
Katherine Seefeldt
Three injured in mock pirate battle at Norfolk harbor
Three people were injured Saturday when gunpowder exploded on the Wan Fu during a mock pirate battle at Norfolk Harborfest. Two men whose clothing caught fire jumped into the water and were rescued by a Coast Guard vessel. They sustained first and second degree burns. a woman suffered third degree burns. They were taken to Norfolk General Hospital in serious to critical condition.
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Norfolk, Va
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Dave Breuninger
Hampton Roads
Breuninger
Norfolk General Hospital
Karen Corrigan
Dudley budget cut after mimicking Japanese at hearing
Lysander Dudley says his office faces a 60 percent budget reduction for 1987-88 after he imitated Japanese during a legislative hearing. The Office of Community and Industrial Development would drop from 12.4 million to 4.9 million with the Economic Development Loan Fund eliminated. Dudley warned projects may shift to a state with a better offer and called the cuts possibly politically motivated.
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Charleston
Lysander Dudley
Dudley
House
West Virginia
Missile ship sails for Persian Gulf mission from Norfolk
Four thousand relatives watched as the USS Kidd headed to the Persian Gulf with the Saratoga battle group bound for the Mediterranean. The Kidd and two destroyers will join the Gulf mission after staging through the Mediterranean amid rising tensions from the Iran Iraq conflict and attacks on oil routes.
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Norfolk, Va
Kidd
Norfolk Naval Base
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean Sea
Stark
Gulf
Gigi Peterson
Middle East
Japan
Iran
Iraq
Marshall to report on Gary coal study
WELCH AP Marshall University officials next week will give the Gary Miners Cooperative a progress report on marketing prospects for Gary Hollow metallurgical coal and its production, management, and labor needs. Chairman Scotty Scott said the complete report is expected in two months.
Charleston WV Lottery Winning Numbers Drawn
AP reports Saturday night drawing results for West Virginia lottery. Daily 3 numbers 4 9 1. Daily 4 numbers 2 2 2 7. Weekly Lotto numbers 1 6 18 20 21 23. Repeats in the repeated text show the same results in both standard and parenthesized forms.
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Charleston
West Virginia
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