The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) have implemented new signal displays at four locations in Chesterfield County which began this month to make turning left at each intersection more efficient. The new four-head signals use a combination of a green arrow and a flashing yellow to allow for a smoother flow of traffic and to reduce wait time for left-turning vehicles. When illuminated, the flashing yellow arrow allows waiting motorists to make a left turn after yielding to oncoming traffic. Solid red arrow. Drivers intending to turn left must stop and wait. Do not enter an intersection to turn when…
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According to the Virginia Department of Transportation, Jefferson Davis Highway (Route 1) (JDH) is improving the intersection of JDH and Old Bermuda Hundred Road. Due to sight line issues, the intersection has been redesigned and will include: turn lanes on both routes at this intersection as well as a traffic signal and pedestrian accommodations. The purpose of this project is to improve safety and mitigate congestion at the intersection of Route 1 JDH and Route 618 (Old Bermuda Hundred Road). Traffic impacts during construction will be minimal.
A court order changing Congressional districts, do to alleged gerrymandering, requires Chesterfield Registrar Lawrence Haake to divide voting precincts along the new 4th and 7th Congressional boundaries creating four precincts out of the current two – Beach Voting Precinct and Bird Voting Precinct. The new precincts will vote at the same polling place as always. The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors must also consider an ordinance dividing the Bird Voting Precinct in the Dale Magisterial District into two precincts by creating a new precinct out of the northern portion of the Bird Voting Precinct and using the same polling place, Bird…
Chesterfield County Administrator Jay Stegmaier and School Superintendent Dr. Marcus Newsome were awarded the Active RVA Changemakers award at the Active RVA Summit on March 7. They were recognized for supporting active living and effectively reaching approximately 12,000 employees with messages, programs and services that help to improve the quality of their lives.
A deer carcass laid in a ditch beside Chester Road on Friday. Several large birds resembling eagles circled the site and slowly began to land, they surrounded the carrion and began to feast, and the vulture clean-up crew had arrived. In Chesterfield County, in the deer carcass scenario, there doesn’t appear to be any problem and very few complaints about vultures showing up. However, in other areas of the county such as Dutch Gap Boat Landing, vultures showing up have become a very big deal. A deal to the tune of $118,616.90 to date, to rid the landing of the…
The Chesterfield County School Board announced today its unanimous selection of Goochland County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. James F. Lane, a former Chesterfield County school administrator, as the next superintendent of Chesterfield County Public Schools. Lane’s appointment, which is scheduled to be voted on tonight by the School Board, is effective July 1. Superintendent in Goochland since 2012, Lane recently was named the 2016 Region 1 Superintendent of the Year by the Virginia Association of School Superintendents and is a finalist for the 2017 Virginia Superintendent of the Year. Region 1 encompasses 15 school divisions in the Richmond metro area,…
It has been almost eight years since American Mobile Home Park, on Jefferson Davis Highway, was closed to make way for a large retail and multi-family development. The massive project could be returning. Before the project started in 2008, the primary property owner, Trollingwood Land LLC, died as the economy went south and money dried up. Now the project is back. Moore’s Lake Apartments, LLC is in the site-plan stage, which is the last step before a building permit and the residential portion will be the first to be built. Three buildings are proposed for the rear of the property…
Nominees for Empowering Neighborhood Awards, and vendors for the upcoming Empowering Neighborhoods Forum, where the awards will be presented, are sought ahead of the upcoming event. The 2016 Empowering Neighborhoods Forum will be held Saturday, April 23, from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Thomas R. Fulgham Conference Center, 13900 Hull Street Road. The annual forum sponsored by the county’s Sustain Our Communities Committee focuses on revitalizing Chesterfield County by improving homes and neighborhoods, and is free and open to the public. A variety of vendors, workshops and activities will be available to help residents and community leaders revitalize their own…
According to Chesterfield County Public Schools budget documents, funding for the 2016-17 school year, totaling $600 million, marks the first time that investment in public education has reached prerecession levels. However, Superintendant Dr. Marcus J. Newsome said there is still work to be done. The CCPS budget passed last week by the School Board includes operating costs which will add an additional 28 teaching positions identified in the five-year budget plan. It also also provides 14 previously unrequested support positions to help educate a growing and diverse community. The 28 teaching positions identified in the five-year budget plan will help reduce…
A Superstreet, proposed in 2014, is close to being back on schedule. Due to traffic generated by the Meadowville Technology Park, various homes and multi-family developments, the intersection at East Hundred Road and Riversbend Boulevard has become a true example of a traffic jam. To resolve the issue, Chesterfield Department of Transportation (CDOT) in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is about to build the first Superstreet in Virginia. A Superstreet is an innovative intersection treatment that safely and efficiently manages congestion by eliminating the left and through traffic movements on the minor cross streets of a busy…