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Tracking the promises of Gov. Bob McDonnell

As governor, Bob McDonnell will dedicate 75 percent of annual budget surplus revenue to transportation needs (after constitutionally mandated deposits).

Bob McDonnell will propose legislation to privatize ABC operation and use revenue generated for transportation, with most of the money going to maintenance.

As governor, Bob McDonnell will provide an additional dedicated revenue stream for essential transportation needs by tolling travellers coming into Virginia at the North Carolina border on I-95 and I-85.

As governor, Bob McDonnell will work...to increase the maximum speed limit to 70 mph on rural stretches of highway statewide.

As governor, Bob McDonnell will build bipartisan consensus behind a plan to grant a tax credit to employers for expenses incurred in allowing employees to telecommute pursuant to a signed telwork agreement.

McDonnell will open shuttered rest stops on Virginia interstates "within 90 days of taking office as governor."

“As governor, I will do so by ensuring we conserve another 400,000 acres by the conclusion of my term in January 2014.”

 

"We will publish a list of all insurers who offer health savings accounts."