Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell has filed a motion to intervene in the federal civil complaint filed by nine groups and a Fishers Hill man regarding expansion of Interstate 81.In a motion filed online in U.S. District Court on Friday, McDonnell states that he is seeking to intervene for the limited purpose of defending Virginia Transportation Secretary Pierce Homer and Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner David S. Ekern, who are not among the three parties cited in the complaint.

“On November 6, 2003, the Federal Highway Administration and the Virginia Department of Transportation entered into an agreement to follow a tiered decision-making process for the Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Study which is being challenged in this matter,” the motion states. “In addition, the De-fendants have stated in their Answer that an indispensable party, the Virginia Secretary of Transportation, has not been joined.

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