A limited group of hybrid owners will likely have another year to use carpool lanes on Interstate 95 at rush hour, regardless of the number of people inside the car.
Both houses of the Virginia General Assembly have passed a bill extending the exemption for clean special fuel vehicles in High Occupancy Vehicle lanes.
The exemption was set to expire on June 30, 2010. Now, if Gov. Bob McDonnell signs the bill, it will end on July 1, 2011.
For more on this story, see tomorrow's Free Lance-Star.