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  • Forbes and Boozman To Hold Roundtable on Panama Canal Expansion
    Oct 15, 2012  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) is holding a roundtable on Thursday, October 18, 2012 with Senator John Boozman (Arkansas) to bring experts in international shipping, trade, and transport together to discuss how Virginia and the rest of the country can work together to prepare for the impending... More
  • Forbes and Boozman To Hold Roundtable on Panama Canal Expansion
    Oct 9, 2012  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that he will hold a roundtable on Thursday, October 18, 2012 with Senator John Boozman (Arkansas) to bring experts in international shipping, trade, and transport together to discuss how Virginia and the rest of the country can work together to pr... More
  • Forbes Opposes VDOT’s I-95 Toll Plan South of Richmond, Virginia
    Jul 25, 2012  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) sent a letter today to Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and a separate letter to Victor Mendez of the Federal Highway Administration, (FHA) expressing strong opposition to the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) Interstate 95 (I-95) Corridor Improvement... More
  • The 414 Plan
    Sep 23, 2011  - It is the epitome of governmental red tape. A bridge that had been rated “structurally deficient,” it was one of over 100,000 bridges that had been placed on a wait-list of sorts for overhaul or reconstruction. It would have likely been over a decade before the bridge was revamped, due to bureaucrat... More
  • Forbes: "If we can rebuild a collapsed interstate bridge in 414 days, we can certainly build a road in less than 13 years."
    Sep 20, 2011  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that he has introduced legislation, the 414 Plan (H.R. 2924), that would expedite the construction of roads and bridges in order to create jobs and provide needed improvements to our nation's aging infrastructure. Rather than investing more money ... More
  • Forbes Requests Funds for Route 58 Project
    Nov 13, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that he has asked the chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to pass a permanent transportation reauthorization bill that includes funding for the Route 58/Holland Road Widening project in Suffolk, Virginia. Congressma... More
  • Forbes Secures $750,000 in Federal Funds for Transportation Improvements at Fort Lee Access Points
    Jan 9, 2008  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that $750,000 in federal funding for Fort Lee transportation improvements has been included in the federal appropriations bill that passed the House and the Senate and was signed into law by the President. “This is an exciting time for Fort Lee and... More
  • Forbes Secures $250,000 in Federal Funds for Transportation Improvements at Fort Lee Access Points
    Aug 1, 2007  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that $250,000 has been included in the House-passed FY08 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill for transportation improvements in Prince George County. “As a result of the base realignments that will expand the number of... More
  • Forbes Secures $385,000 in Federal Funds for Law Enforcement and Transportation Projects in Chesterfield
    Aug 1, 2007  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that $385,000 in funding for Chesterfield County projects has been included in the House-passed Commerce, Justice and State Appropriations bill and the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill as part of the FY08 appropriat... More
  • Forbes Announces $300,000 for Transit Center in Petersburg
    Nov 18, 2005  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced $300,000 in federal funding today for a centralized transit center in Petersburg. The funding was included in the Fiscal Year 2006 Transportation, Treasury and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Conference Report which passed the House of Repre... More