Today it was announced via a press release that Delegate Danica Roem (D-13th) has been appointed to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA). The NVTA provides funding for road, mass transit, and multi-modal transportation projects in Northern Virginia.
The appointment was made official by Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn.
Now in her second term, Roem represents the City of Manassas Park and western Prince William County in the Virginia House of Delegates.
“Roem has been a tireless advocate for local transportation solutions for her constituents and has worked hard as a member of the House Transportation Committee to pass bills that will ease traffic congestion,” Speaker of the House Eileen Filler-Corn stated in the press release. “Roem will be a valuable member of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, prioritizing smart, meaningful improvements to our transportation network that will allow Northern Virginians to spend less time in traffic and more time with their families.”
Roem requested the appointment to the NVTA to advocate for her top constituent service priority of fixing Route 28 while working collaboratively with representatives of all nine Northern
Virginia localities to improve transportation infrastructure throughout the region.
“I’m grateful to Speaker Filler-Corn for trusting me to improve the quality of life for our commuters throughout the Thirteenth District and all of Northern Virginia,”
Roem said in the press release. “On a normal workday, more than two-thirds of our local commuters leave Prince William County and Manassas Park, so we need to deliver solutions that work for everyone.”
During the 2020 General Assembly Session, Roem joined her colleagues in passing the largest transportation funding legislation since 1986, House Bill 1414 and Senate Bill 890, introduced
by Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn and Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw. This legislation will restore $50 million a year for the NVTA to fund key transportation infrastructure projects across Northern Virginia, including fixing Route 28.
“I welcome Roem’s appointment to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority. It’s great to have her expertise about our regional transportation system on the NVTA and I’m eager for us to continue working together to improve our constituents’ commutes,” stated Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairwoman Ann Wheeler in a press release, who became a member of the NVTA earlier this year.
“It was a great pleasure to hear that Danica Roem was appointed to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, and that we will be working together on the NVTA to improve transportation,” Jeanette Rishell, Mayor of the City of Manassas Park and member of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority stated in a press release. “She has been a strong advocate and voice for improvements on Route 28, a corridor that is a huge concern to both of us and to our constituents.”
During her first term, Roem and her team worked with the Virginia Department of Transportation to develop the Centreville Road (Route 28) Operational Improvements Study between Blooms Quarry Lane at the Prince William County/City of Manassas Park line and the Bull Run bridge at the Prince William County/Fairfax County Line in the Yorkshire (Manassas) portion of Prince William County. The study is anticipated to wrap up this spring.
Roem’s term of service on the NVTA went into effect May 12 and coincides with her current term representing the Thirteenth District of the Virginia House of Delegates. She also serves on the House Transportation Committee.
