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Route 460 Project Presents Problems
Lauren McClellan | Virginia Business |  Full Story

RICHMOND - Contested federal permits and a large environmental impact are putting the "Commonwealth Connector," a new 55-mile alternative to Route 460 from Prince George Co. to Suffolk, in jeopardy. 


Gov. Terry McAuliffe told the Virginian-Pilot in December he did not believe taxpayer money should be used on the project until federal permits were issued and-even then-he would still "take a hard look" at the project.

County Shuffles Funds to Clear Path for Economic Development Project
Vanessa Remmers | Progress Index |  Full Story 

DINWIDDIE - The county is turning away grant money and purchasing about 25 acres of property with its own funds to clear the way for another economic development project.

 

The county originally planned to use grant money from the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission, or VTC, to purchase the 25 acres in the northern part of the county off Interstate 85. In September 2013, county officials said the site would be groomed as a ready-to-go site for economic development.

 

The grant funds would have covered the majority of the $450,828 cost for the land that was owned by the state Department of General Services. The county's required 10 percent match of $45,828 would have come from the economic development fund.