The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority met last night to approve the regional list of ready-to-go projects eligible for federal stimulus aid.

In total, NVTA suggested $2.4 billion in projects, broken down into three categories: Projects ready-to-go within 3 months, 6 months and 18 months. Included are $665.4 million for road projects and $1.7 billion in transit/multi-modal projects. The big ticket items (> $25 million) are as follows:

The list also includes smaller projects such as finishing the Crystal City / Potomac Yards busway and building interchanges at some additional intersections outside the Beltway. There are a lot of new bus orders and minor road widenings. Interesting to BeyondDC is the $900 million for the Silver line. Could it be that the FTA dropped its objections to the line because the writing on the wall said it would be included in the stimulus anyway? Seems possible.

Of course, just because NVTA suggests these projects doesn’t mean they’ll be funded. Those in the 18-months-away category are probably pretty unlikely to get any money, since 18 months is an awfully long time way away in this economy. But regardless, here’s your list of what Northern Virginia would do right away, if only it had the cash.