VDOT FOIA REQUESTS

The FOIA request below was received by VDOT. The email states that Mr.
Nash is a citizen of the Commonwealth. Please provide your mailing address
so we may move forward processing your request.

Thanks,

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Holly Jones

Policy Regulatory Manager Governance and Legislative Affairs

Virginia Department of Transportation

804-371-8696 Office

804-316-1871 Cell

Holly.Jones@VDOT.Virginia.gov

The Virginia Department of Transportation received your Freedom of
Information (FOIA) request for engineering plans for ten projects. Please
be advised section 2.2-3704 (A) of the *Code of Virginia* grants rights of
access to public records to citizens of the Commonwealth. Since you are a
citizen outside of the Commonwealth, we are denying your request for
records. If you have a valid Virginia mailing address, please provide that
information so that we may proceed with your request. The email sent
provides an address out of state. If Mr. Nash has a Virginia address,
please provide that information in order to proceed with this request.

For your reference, I am providing you a copy of section 2.2-3704 (A) of
the *Code of Virginia* below.

*CODE OF VIRGINIA*

*§ 2.2-3704. Public records to be open to inspection; procedure for
requesting records and responding to request; charges; transfer of records
for storage, etc.*

*A. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all public records
shall be open to citizens of the Commonwealth, representatives of
newspapers and magazines with circulation in the Commonwealth, and
representatives of radio and television stations broadcasting in or into
the Commonwealth during the regular office hours of the custodian of such
records. Access to such records shall be provided by the custodian in
accordance with this chapter by inspection or by providing copies of the
requested records, at the option of the requester. The custodian may
require the requester to provide his name and legal address. The custodian
of such records shall take all necessary precautions for their preservation
and safekeeping.*

Thank you for your interest in the Virginia Department of Transportation.

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Holly Jones

Policy Regulatory Manager Governance and Legislative Affairs

Virginia Department of Transportation

804-371-8696 Office

804-316-1871 Cell

Holly.Jones@VDOT.Virginia.gov

August 11, 2021

Leah White
4403 Wyndale Ave.
Roanoke, VA 24018

*RE:* Freedom of Information Act Request - *(UPC - 112479) *

Dear Ms. White:

This is in response to your FOIA request received in our office on August
4, 2021, in which you requested records of digital copies in PDF
format of engineering
plans related to *(UPC P**roject** - 112479).*

Please be advised VDOT has procured a design consultant but have not issued
them (NTP), Notice to Proceed. Fairfax County is preparing the
Environmental document for this project and VDOT has not started any work.
Therefore; VDOT does not have any project documents.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you;

<https://www.virginiadot.org/>

*Cynthia Mercer*

Business Coordinator / NOVA District

Virginia Department of Transportation

703-259-1758

cm.mercer@vdot.virginia.gov

<https://www.virginiadot.org/>

*Cynthia Mercer*

Business Coordinator / NOVA District

Virginia Department of Transportation

703-259-1758

cm.mercer@vdot.virginia.gov

This is in response to your FOIA request received today, September 8, 2021
requesting plans for several projects. I am responding regarding UPC
#106138. We have no responsive records because plans do not exist for this
project.

Thank you.

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*Karen Settle*

*Executive Assistant*

*Culpeper District*

Virginia Department of Transportation

540-829-7512

karen.settle@VDOT.Virginia.gov

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From: Jones, Holly <holly.jones@vdot.virginia.gov>
Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 4:15 PM
Subject: Fwd: Virginia Freedom of Information Act Request: VDOT FOIA
REQUESTS
To: NOVA FOIA (VDOT) <novafoia@vdot.virginia.gov>, Settle Karen plq37831 <
karen.settle@vdot.virginia.gov>, Scott, Valerie <
valerie.scott@vdot.virginia.gov>, Edwards Cathy bma83723 <
cathy.edwards@vdot.virginia.gov>, James Goodwin <
buddy.goodwin@vdot.virginia.gov>, Brandt Mary jhb52787 <
mary.brandt@vdot.virginia.gov>, Freda Conner <freda.conner@vdot.virginia.gov>,
Stephanie Einhellig <stephanie.einhellig@vdot.virginia.gov>, Amanda Shank <
amanda.shank@vdot.virginia.gov>, Teresa Lawson <
teresa.lawson@vdot.virginia.gov>, Hatter Louis rtf23666 <
louis.hatter@vdot.virginia.gov>
Cc: Amma Appiah <amma.abbey@vdot.virginia.gov>, Ellen Porter <
ellen.porter@vdot.virginia.gov>

Good afternoon! Below is a FOIA request for the exact same information
provided in response to FOIA 15055 (Leah White). Please send the exact
same records you sent to Ms. White to the following email address:
requests@muckrock.com

Please copy me on the response or forward to me so I can add it to FOIA
Library. This is request #15145. The requester provided their mailing
address today.

Thanks!

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Holly Jones

Policy Regulatory Manager Governance and Legislative Affairs

Virginia Department of Transportation

804-371-8696 Office

804-316-1871 Cell

Holly.Jones@VDOT.Virginia.gov

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From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 2:44 PM
Subject: RE: Virginia Freedom of Information Act Request: VDOT FOIA REQUESTS
To: <holly.jones@vdot.virginia.gov>

Virginia Department of Transportation
FOIA Office
11th floor
1401 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219

September 8, 2021

This is a follow up to a previous request:

Hello,

Please see attached. Thank you for your help with this request.

View request history, see one related attachment, upload responsive
documents, and report problems here:
https://www.muckrock.com/

Attachments:
• tomnashid.jpg

Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 116956
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is
being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share,
and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed
(i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the
department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.

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On Aug. 3, 2021:
Subject: Re: Virginia Freedom of Information Act Request: VDOT FOIA REQUESTS
The Virginia Department of Transportation received your Freedom of
Information (FOIA) request for engineering plans for ten projects. Please
be advised section 2.2-3704 (A) of the *Code of Virginia* grants rights of
access to public records to citizens of the Commonwealth. Since you are a
citizen outside of the Commonwealth, we are denying your request for
records. If you have a valid Virginia mailing address, please provide that
information so that we may proceed with your request. The email sent
provides an address out of state. If Mr. Nash has a Virginia address,
please provide that information in order to proceed with this request.

For your reference, I am providing you a copy of section 2.2-3704 (A) of
the *Code of Virginia* below.

*CODE OF VIRGINIA*

*§ 2.2-3704. Public records to be open to inspection; procedure for
requesting records and responding to request; charges; transfer of records
for storage, etc.*

*A. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all public records
shall be open to citizens of the Commonwealth, representatives of
newspapers and magazines with circulation in the Commonwealth, and
representatives of radio and television stations broadcasting in or into
the Commonwealth during the regular office hours of the custodian of such
records. Access to such records shall be provided by the custodian in
accordance with this chapter by inspection or by providing copies of the
requested records, at the option of the requester. The custodian may
require the requester to provide his name and legal address. The custodian
of such records shall take all necessary precautions for their preservation
and safekeeping.*

Thank you for your interest in the Virginia Department of Transportation.

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]

Holly Jones

Policy Regulatory Manager Governance and Legislative Affairs

Virginia Department of Transportation

804-371-8696 Office

804-316-1871 Cell

Holly.Jones@VDOT.Virginia.gov
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On July 30, 2021:
Subject: Re: Virginia Freedom of Information Act Request: VDOT FOIA REQUESTS
The FOIA request below was received by VDOT. The email states that Mr.
Nash is a citizen of the Commonwealth. Please provide your mailing address
so we may move forward processing your request.

Thanks,

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]

Holly Jones

Policy Regulatory Manager Governance and Legislative Affairs

Virginia Department of Transportation

804-371-8696 Office

804-316-1871 Cell

Holly.Jones@VDOT.Virginia.gov
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On July 30, 2021:
Subject: Virginia Freedom of Information Act Request: VDOT FOIA REQUESTS
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the
following records:

I am requesting digital copies in PDF format of engineering plans related
to the following projects. I am listing the projects by their UPC numbers.
with the project managers in parentheses. All of these projects are being
administered by the VDOT so you should have no problem providing the plans
that I am requesting. The projects we need engineering plans for are:
UPC-107187 (Dan Reinhard), UPC-112479 (Khalid Ghandi), UPC-106742 (Zamir
Mirza), UPC-107937 (Sitaram Kodali), UPC-111725 (Sitaram Kodali),
UPC-102980 (Kenneth McKinna), UPC-116203 (Craig Moore), UPC-116201 (Craig
Moore), UPC-116268 (Scott Alexander), UPC-106138 (Harold Jones).

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and
this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business
days, as the statute requires.

This request is filed by Tom Nash, a citizen of Virginia, in coordination
with James Robbins.

View request history, see one related attachment, upload responsive
documents, and report problems here:
https://www.muckrock.com/

Attachments:
• tomnashid.jpg

Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 116956
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is
being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share,
and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed
(i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the
department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.

*Sender's Name:*
Cynthia Mercer

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*Message from Sender:*
August 11, 2021
Leah White
4403 Wyndale Ave.
Roanoke, VA 24018
RE: Freedom of Information Act Request - (UPC - 106742)
Dear Ms. White:
This is in response to your FOIA request received in our office on August
4, 2021, in which you requested records of digital copies in PDF
format of engineering
plans related to (UPC Project - 106742).
Please see attached.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you;
Cynthia Mercer
Business Coordinator / NOVA District
Virginia Department of Transportation
703-259-1758
cm.mercer@vdot.virginia.gov

*Files Sent with Package:*
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*Total File Size:*
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<https://www.virginiadot.org/>

*Cynthia Mercer*

Business Coordinator / NOVA District

Virginia Department of Transportation

703-259-1758

cm.mercer@vdot.virginia.gov

*Sender's Name:*
Cynthia Mercer

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*Message from Sender:*
August 11, 2021
August 11, 2021
Leah White
4403 Wyndale Ave.
Roanoke, VA 24018
RE: Freedom of Information Act Request - (UPC - 107187)
Dear Ms. White:
This is in response to your FOIA request received in our office on August
4, 2021, in which you requested records of digital copies in PDF
format of engineering
plans related to (UPC Project - 107187).
Please see attached.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you;
Cynthia Mercer
Business Coordinator / NOVA District
Virginia Department of Transportation
703-259-1758
cm.mercer@vdot.virginia.gov

*Files Sent with Package:*
0001-029-205 c501_30(7A).zip

*Total File Size:*
117172 KB

<https://www.virginiadot.org/>

*Cynthia Mercer*

Business Coordinator / NOVA District

Virginia Department of Transportation

703-259-1758

cm.mercer@vdot.virginia.gov

Good morning,

As per your FOIA request dated September 8, 2021, attached please find the
latest plan set for UPC 116268. Note that the plans are early in
development.

Thank you for contacting the VDOT Staunton District office.

Best,
Amanda J Shank

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*Amanda J Shank*

Administrative Assistant, Staunton District

Virginia Department of Transportation

540-332-9075

amanda.shank@vdot.virginia.gov

Good afternoon,

This response concerns your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request,
received in this office on September 8, 2021. You requested digital copies
in PDF format of engineering drawings that depict the right-of-way or
impacted property parcels related to the following projects in the
Salem District: UPC 116201, UPC 116203.

We have enclosed all records related to UPC 116201. I will be sending the
records related to UPC 116203 via a Large File Transfer system due to the
size of the file. You should be receiving an email with that link shortly.

If you have any questions, or do not receive the link, please do not
hesitate to reach out to me.

Thank you for your interest in Virginia’s transportation organization.

Sincerely,

Stephanie

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Stephanie Einhellig

Administrative Assistant / Construction and Maintenance

Virginia Department of Transportation

540-387-5349

stephanie.einhellig@VDOT.Virginia.gov

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Attached are your records for your FOIA request regarding UPC 116203. Thank you.

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UPC 116203 - Combined Engineering Plans.pdf

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August 12, 2021
Leah White
4403 Wyndale Ave.
Roanoke, VA 24018
RE: Freedom of Information Act Request - (UPC - 111725)
Dear Ms. White:
This is in response to your FOIA request received in our office on August 4, 2021, in which you requested records of digital copies in PDF format of engineering plans related to (UPC Project - 111725).
Please see attached.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you;
Cynthia Mercer
Business Coordinator / NOVA District
Virginia Department of Transportation
703-259-1758
cm.mercer@vdot.virginia.gov

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111725 ROW submission plan sheets only July 2021.zip

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August 12, 2021
Leah White
4403 Wyndale Ave.
Roanoke, VA 24018
RE: Freedom of Information Act Request - (UPC - 107937)
Dear Ms. White:
This is in response to your FOIA request received in our office on August 4, 2021, in which you requested records of digital copies in PDF format of engineering plans related to (UPC Project - 107937).
Please see attached.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you;
Cynthia Mercer
Business Coordinator / NOVA District
Virginia Department of Transportation
703-259-1758
cm.mercer@vdot.virginia.gov

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August 11, 2021
Leah White
4403 Wyndale Ave.
Roanoke, VA 24018
RE: Freedom of Information Act Request - (UPC - 107187)
Dear Ms. White:
This is in response to your FOIA request received in our office on August 4, 2021, in which you requested records of digital copies in PDF format of engineering plans related to (UPC Project - 107187).
Please see attached.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you;
Cynthia Mercer
Business Coordinator / NOVA District
Virginia Department of Transportation
703-259-1758
cm.mercer@vdot.virginia.gov

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Message
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Dear Mr. Nash
,
This office is in receipt of your request for records made in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.). You have requested information regarding digital copies in PDF format of engineering plans related to the following projects. You listed the projects by their UPC numbers with the project managers in parentheses. You requested engineering plans for: UPC-107187 (Dan Reinhard), UPC-112479 (Khalid Ghandi), UPC-106742 (Zamir Mirza), UPC-107937 (Sitaram Kodali), UPC-111725 (Sitaram Kodali), UPC-102980 (Kenneth McKinna), UPC-116203 (Craig Moore), UPC-116201 (Craig Moore), UPC-116268 (Scott Alexander), UPC-106138 (Harold Jones).
We are providing you with the responsive electronic document as you have requested.
Thank you for your interest in Virginia’s transportation.
Sincerely,
Valerie M. Scott
Security Records Coordinator / Facilities
Virginia Department of Transportation
757-956-3074
valerie.scott@VDOT.Virginia.gov

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August 11, 2021
Leah White
4403 Wyndale Ave.
Roanoke, VA 24018
RE: Freedom of Information Act Request - (UPC - 106742)
Dear Ms. White:
This is in response to your FOIA request received in our office on August 4, 2021, in which you requested records of digital copies in PDF format of engineering plans related to (UPC Project - 106742).
Please see attached.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you;
Cynthia Mercer
Business Coordinator / NOVA District
Virginia Department of Transportation
703-259-1758
cm.mercer@vdot.virginia.gov

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