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Are we on track for high-speed rail in Hampton Roads? This week on What Matters, we’ll examine how and why our region is trying to hop on board this national transportation project. 

Joining host Cathy Lewis on this edition: Thelma Drake, Director of The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation; Barry Bishop, Executive Vice-President of The Greater Norfolk Corporation and Secretary for Virginians For High-Speed Rail; and Brad Face, President of Face International and member of Virginians For High-Speed Rail. 

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February 26th at 8:30 p.m. on WHRO-TV 15.1

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Thelma Drake - Dir., VA Department of Rail & Public Transportation - www.drpt.virginia.gov

Virginians For High-Speed Rail - www.vhsr.com

The Greater Norfolk Corporation - www.greaternorfolkcorp.net

The Face International Corporation - www.faceinternational.com  

 

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This June, Newport News Mayor Joe Frank plans to retire.  With 14 years in office as the city's top leader, you know he has some stories to tell and he'll share them with us on this week's edition of What Matters.

Join host Cathy Lewis as she goes one-on-one with this prominent, Peninsula leader and talks with him about his legacy in Hampton Roads. 

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February 19th at 8:30 p.m. on WHRO-TV 15.1

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Mayor Joe Frank - City Of Newport News - www.nngov.com

 

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Editoral Roundtable - Virginia's Budget & The High-Speed Rail Issue

We are half-way through Virginia’s 2010 General Assembly session.  It’s been a season of snow in a blizzard of bad news about Virginia’s budget.  That’s just one of the harsh realities we’ll consider this week with our editorial roundtable.

Joining host Cathy Lewis this week:  Jeff Maisey, publisher and editor with Veer magazine, Don Luzzatto, editorial page editor of the Virginian-Pilot, Democratic blogger Vivian Paige, and Republican blogger Brian Kirwin. 

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February 12th at 8:30 p.m. on WHRO-TV 15.1

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Veer Magazine - Jeff Maisey - www.veermag.com

The Virginian-Pilot - Don Luzzatto - Editorial Pages 

Vivian Paige's Blog Site - blog.vivianpaige.com 

Brian Kirwin's Blog Site - bearingdrift.com 

 

 

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Danny , Posted on February 5 2010, 03:17

It is the busiest two-way roadway, east of the Mississippi.  There is now a call to coalesce around a proposed expansion of the Midtown Tunnel connecting Norfolk and Portsmouth.

Joining host Cathy Lewis this week to talk about the 6-project plan for one of Hampton Roads most notorious choke points: Former State Transportation Secretary Pierce Homer, Executive Director of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission Dwight Farmer, and Former VDOT Commissioner and current* Executive Director of HRT Phil Shucet.

*This conversation was recorded prior to Mr. Shucet's appointment as Executive Director of Hampton Roads Transit.

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February 5th at 8:30 p.m. on WHRO-TV 15.1

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VDOT information on the Midtown Tunnel Expansion Project - www.midtowntunnel.org

Current State Transportation Secretary - www.governor.virginia.gov - Transportation

 

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