Dive summary:

• Virginia has revisited the six-year transportation improvement plan it approved last year, and the new six-year package that begins this year is 54% higher, totaling $17.6 billion under all programs.
• The package includes statewide bridge and road funding of $15.7 billion and another $1.9 billion that will be meted out from the regional Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Fund.
• The statewide plan comprises $11.5 billion for highways and bridges, $2.9 billion for rail and public transit and $1.3 billion for transportation improvements in the Hampton Roads region.

From the article:

"For the first time in a generation, the commonwealth has new, sustainable funding that will be used to rebuild roads and bridges, ease congestion and provide more transportation options through rail, transit and other improvements," says Gov. [Bob] McDonnell. ...