The Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board approved the Six-Year Improvement Program on Thursday for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation.
The program will allocate $28.5 billion to fund more than 4,300 transportation projects over the next six fiscal years beginning on July 1.
The program funds the following:
Public transportation programs, the Virginia Railway Express, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and transportation demand management programs will be allocated $930 million.
The State of Good Repair Bridge Program will be allocated $500 million to improve 43 VDOT and locality-maintained bridges.
The Revenue Sharing Program will be allocated $239 million for 143 projects that will be matched dollar for dollar by localities.
The Transportation Alternatives Program will be allocated $85 million for 57 nontraditional transportation projects.
The State of Good Repair Paving Program will be allocated $78 million to improve deficient VDOT and locality-maintained pavements.
Twenty-one projects that received Congressionally Directed Spending through the Federal Appropriations Bill will receive $63 million.
Rail planning and freight rail programs and projects will be allocated $19.7 million.
New innovation and technology transportation improvements will be allocated $11 million.
VDOT’s annual budget for fiscal year 2027 is $9 billion.