Transportation has gone from the top of Robert McDonnell’s list to the paper shredder in a matter of weeks.
The newly elected Virginia governor had a grand plan to repair the region’s roads and bridges during his fall campaign, but on Jan. 15 he all but nixed it, at least for the immediate future.
“There are only so many things the General Assembly and I can do well [during this year’s legislative session),” McDonnell told the Washington Post.