Issue Position: Route 1

Issue Position

The Route One corridor extends from the top to bottom of the 36th District, and Jeff believes it is critical to redevelop and revitalize this corridor to improve our local economy, create jobs, and get traffic moving -- among other benefits to our citizen's quality of life that can be produced by an improved Route 1. For the last 20 years, Route 1 has been studied. In January, yet another study costing Virginia taxpayers millions of dollars was again approved.

Jeff thinks it is time to stop studying and get on with it. He has a plan to reduce or eliminate taxes on businesses who chose to locate and invest along Rt. 1. With BRAC affecting areas around both Ft. Belvior and MCB Quantico, we have a wonderful opportunity to attract new businesses to the corridor and incentivize them to create new jobs and invest in redevelopment projects. More, higher paying jobs mean less people commuting up and down Rt. 1; higher end retail being attracted to the area to serve that daily population; more taxpayers paying taxes (instead of asking you to pay more); and more public and private investment, improving our roads and creating additional mass transit options, like BRT (Bus Rapid Transit). Other areas have been able to accomplish these goals, and there is no place with more potential than this corridor.

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