What Is the Commonwealth Transportation Board?
The Commonwealth Transportation Board makes funding decisions and approves construction plans for roads in Virginia. Board members, representing each of Virginia’s nine transportation districts as well as rural and urban interests, are appointed by the governor and approved by the General Assembly. The Secretary of Transportation, currently Shirley J. Ybarra, serves as chairperson and the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, currently David R. Gehr, as vice chairman. The 16-member board guides the Virginia Department of Transportation much like a board of directors. What Happens Next? The Commonwealth Transportation Board will use the list of recommendations as resource material as it sets VDOT’s construction priorities for the next six years. This process of updating VDOT’s Six-Year Construction Plan will take place in spring 1999 for implementation during the 1999-2000 fiscal year. Each spring, before the board sets priorities for the upcoming fiscal year and makes the allotment
