Southwest Virginia lawmakers sparred with Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s administration Friday over a federal highway grant program and the Coalfields Expressway.
In a joint statement issued Friday, state Senators Bill Carrico, Galax, and Ben Chafin, Lebanon, and Delegates Terry Kilgore, R-Gate City, Todd Pillion, R-Abingdon, and Israel O’Quinn, R-Bristol, criticized the administration for not seeking federal funding for the proposed $5.1 billion project.
“We are disappointed to learn from local Virginia Department of Transportation officials that the McAuliffe-Northam administration has yet to submit a request or a funding proposal for the Coalfields Expressway through the U.S Department of Transportation’s Infrastructure for Rebuilding America grants,” the statement reads.
