Governor Kaine Announces Virginia Named "State of the Year" By CG/LA Infrastructure

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Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Virginia has been named the Infrastructure State of the Year by CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, a global leader in public and private infrastructure development. States were evaluated with a model that combines quantitative information, such as infrastructure investment per capita and end user cost of electricity, and an eight criteria qualitative model including infrastructure vision, leadership, project quality, project performance and local engineering quality. Virginia ranked highly in the areas of infrastructure vision, leadership and project quality.

"This award is recognition that, despite hard economic times, we are doing a great job with what we have and are positioning ourselves for an economic rebound," Governor Kaine said. "Alongside our rankings in education, management and business attraction, this accolade shows that Virginia is investing strategically and creatively in its future."

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