Sarah Vogelsong
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Reporter @RichmonderNews; formerly @MercuryVirginia, @ProgressIndex & others. Tips, comments, Qs: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
richmonder.org | Sarah Vogelsong
Richmond’s Department of Public Works is hoping to get $3.7 million in federal funding to expand its protected bike lanes along Franklin Street near the VCU campus, as well as add sidewalks and other pedestrian safety features throughout Southside. If the city is successful, nearly 65% of the cost of four projects will be covered.
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1 week ago |
richmonder.org | Sarah Vogelsong
The federal government has notified Richmond that it will cut only 101 Head Start seats in the city next year, roughly half of what the School Board had requested as part of its plan to deal with chronic underenrollment in the pre-K program. The seat cut would be accompanied by a roughly $1 million reduction in funding.
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1 week ago |
richmonder.org | Sarah Vogelsong
The first draft maps of Richmond’s new zoning districts are out, and two of the biggest issues concerning reviewers are where density is — and isn’t — being encouraged and how high mixed-use buildings along key transportation corridors should be allowed to rise.
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2 weeks ago |
richmonder.org | Sarah Vogelsong
The Lombardy Street bridge that crosses a busy stretch of CSX track and serves as a key connector between Richmond’s Northside and the Broad Street corridor could be closed for two years starting in 2027 as the city replaces it. The 122-year-old bridge that sits between Virginia Union University’s campus and that of the Maggie L.
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2 weeks ago |
richmonder.org | Sarah Vogelsong
For months, members of Richmond’s City Council have been weighing whether they want to take advantage of a new state law that lets local governments place speed cameras at high-risk intersections or whether doing so would strain already tight city resources. In December, City Councilor Stephanie Lynch (5th District) put forward a resolution calling for a study of the possibility and expressing support for the cameras’ installation.
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