VDOT revenue sharing

The City of Fairfax and Fairfax County participate in the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Revenue Sharing Program. The program is administered by VDOT under Section 33.1-23.05 of the Code of Virginia.

The program allows counties, cities, and towns in Virginia to match funds from VDOT to pay for road improvement or other transportation costs.

Legislation

 * "From revenues made available by the General Assembly and appropriated for the improvement, construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of the systems of state highways, the Commonwealth Transportation Board may make an equivalent matching allocation to any county, city, or town for designations by the governing body of up to $10 million for use by the county, city, or town to improve, construct, or reconstruct the highway systems within such county, city, or town with up to $5 million for use by the county, city, or town to maintain the highway systems within such county, city, or town."

City of Fairfax
In FY 2013, the city requested a state match of $212,500 for work on road reconstruction and signal and traffic services. $125,000 was requested and was approved for road reconstruction from Main Street (Route 236) to Barbara Ann Lane. The construction will be administered by the city.

Fairfax County
Fairfax County requested and was approved for a state match of $10,000,000 for a road widening from Fair Lakes Boulevard (Route 7735) to Lee Jackson Memorial Highway (Route 50). The construction will be administered by VDOT.