Members of the Capital Region Airport Commission at the final day of a two-day retreat held last week focused on developing a new Strategic Plan, include Henrico supervisors Tyrone Nelson (Varina District, in purple jacket) Roscoe Cooper (Fairfield District, blue jacket), Misty Roundtree (Three Chopt District, third from right) and businessman Bobby Ukrop (second from right). (Dina Weinstein/Henrico Citizen)
In an effort to address speeding and cut-through traffic concerns in neighborhoods throughout the county, Henrico officials use a variety of traffic-calming measures — including the implementation of speed cushions, raised crosswalks, curb extensions, and neighborhood roundabouts — to slow vehicles and create safer streets for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians.
Speed cushions
Henrico County, state and federal officials symbolically broke ground on a 20-home affordable townhouse subdivision this week, made possible by the Henrico Affordable Housing Trust Fund, a program designed to make home ownership more accessible by lowering the construction costs, and therefore the purchase prices, of newly constructed homes.
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Walking, biking or playing on railroad tracks at times may seem harmless, but Virginia officials are reminding residents that those activities are both illegal and dangerous.
From Sept. 15–21, the State Corporation Commission will join Operation Lifesaver Inc. in marking See Tracks? Think Train Week, a national campaign focused
At the second annual Regional Recovery Day Sept. 3 in Glen Allen, community resources, experts and those with lived experiences rallied to discuss addiction, the toll it takes on users and the community, support and solutions.
Held at the Henrico Sports and Event Center, the event drew about 800 people