Advance Morning News
It's Tuesday, March 4, 2025. This morning's stories include a "rowdy" meeting of the Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's policy committee, and a look at Ward 3 interview records.
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"Rowdy" FAMPO Meeting Leads to Change in How Federal Congestion Mitigation Funding is Allocated
By Adele Uphaus
The policy committee of the Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO) voted narrowly last week to adopt a formula for allocating funds received through the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality improvement program that is based on population per locality, rather than on a combination of population and daily vehicle miles traveled per capita.
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ANALYSIS: No Bombshells, But Perhaps a Lesson Learned
By Martin Davis
If people are looking for a smoking gun in the tranche of documents that were released relating to filling the Ward 3 seat, they will likely be disappointed.
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