According to the city, the signs couldn’t be turned on even if underway repair work was finished, due to a lingering permitting issue that remains unresolved.
Government
City Council approves shelter capacity increases; Northside businesses plan to file injunction
The approvals are first steps in what councilmembers have described as a larger, long-term plan to increase capacity across the city with potentially a shelter in each of its nine magisterial districts.
Co-conspirator in Richmond public works fraud case gets 14-month prison sentence
The sentence for Shaun Lindsey, a former senior administrative technician with the department, is roughly half what her ex-boss received last week for his role in the three-year scheme that defrauded the city of over $600,000 in contracts.
JLARC OKs VCU Health review in light of failed downtown project
The state-led study into the health system’s governance structure comes as a request to examine its $73 million project exit payment has been forwarded to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Northside businesses wary of city’s plan to add shelter capacity on Chamberlayne Ave.
A neighborhood association told a city committee it would take legal action if council approves the proposal this Monday.
Former Richmond public works official gets 27-month prison sentence in fraud case
The former senior manager pled guilty in July to defrauding the city of over $600,000 in contracts. His wife also was sentenced Tuesday, while a second co-conspirator is to be sentenced next week.
Chesterfield nearing completion of $65 million Route 10 widening project
The expansion created eight travel lanes along Route 10 between Bermuda Triangle Road and Rivers Bend Boulevard and six lanes on a stretch of Meadowville Road.
Nonprofit LISC pledges $50M match to double Richmond housing investment
The funding from Local Initiatives Support Corp. would be used to establish a new small building loan program and a developer training program that the nonprofit has introduced in other cities.
GRTC to introduce larger, articulated buses on the Pulse line
The articulated buses, so named for the accordion-like joint in the middle of the bus that helps the long vehicles make turns, are expected to cost $1.1 million each.
Chesterfield approves land-use plan for area around Chippenham and Iron Bridge interchange
The Ridgedale Special Focus Area plan will guide future zoning requests and land-use policies for the roughly 580-acre area just inside Chesterfield’s border with the city.