VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A bill that aimed to determine the feasibility of a Tide Light Rail extension to the Virginia Beach Oceanfront was killed in the General Assembly.
13News Now first reported on the bill by Del. Alex Askew last week. The bill would’ve requested the state’s Department of Rail and Public Transportation, along with Hampton Roads Transit and the City of Virginia Beach, to conduct a two-year-long study to determine if the rail extension would be plausible.
On Monday, his bill was unanimously tabled, according to the General Assembly website…