Transportation continues to be a big issue for the VA General Assembly. In Northern Virginia especially, where D.C. traffic causes a huge amount of commuters to use Virginian roads. Congestion is a big problem in not only the D.C. region but also around Richmond and the Norfolk region. A current transportation issue is the metro systems' extension into Virginia. A big issue with the metro is the cost it will impose on Virginians. The board in charge of the metro wants to have it connect underground to the Dulles airport which is pricy. Whereas, Frank Wolf, Virginia House of Representative to Congress argues that an above ground stop with a shuttle would lower costs. If the metro had an underground connection to the airport, it could raise the toll on the Dulles Toll Road. The underground extension would cost $300 million more than the above ground metro stop. Transportation is a big issue in Virginia currently and raises a lot of debate about how to finance new roads and where to put them. Since the money for roads is allotted equally to each area of Virginia, Northern VA struggles to gain state money for transportation projects to ease the congestion. In the Virginia Assembly, conflict arises between northern VA representative and senators and other district representatives.
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