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Article: Kaine Outlines Growth Controls to Legislature; Funding Questions Left Unanswered in Plans for Transportation
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- The Washington Post
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- January 17, 2006
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Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Monday proposed new controls on
development to a legislative audience that appears increasingly
willing to consider such ideas to ease traffic. But Kaine left
unanswered major questions about how to pay for costly road and rail
projects.
In a 37-minute speech to the General Assembly, Kaine (D) proposed
giving local governments more power to slow growth, require traffic
studies and coordinate with transportation planners. Reprising a
popular line from his 2005 campaign speeches, he said money alone
would not clear roads.
"Over the long term, the most important single change we can make
is to reform the way we plan at both the state and local levels," he
said. ...