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Plans for a $40 million interchange at Interstate 295 and Meadowville Road are moving forward. In September, the Board of Supervisors authorized a grant agreement with the Federal Highway Administration and a construction agreement with VDOT. The interchange will provide better access to Meadowville Technology Park and help economic development efforts. The park could attract major companies and provide 7,000 jobs.
The Richmond Area Metropolitan Planning Organization has allocated $20.8 million of federal stimulus money, some of which will go to a priority transportation project in Chesterfield County. The money for Chesterfield will help widen West Hundred Road from four to six lanes between U.S. Route 1 and Meadowville Road. The funds will be combined with county money so that the first phase of the $59 million project can begin later this year.
Sabra's new $60 million, state-of-the-art food processing plant is moving ahead of schedule and under budget. The company produces the country’s best-selling hummus and vegetable dips. The company is expected to hire 260 staff. The 110,000-square-foot facility will be located on 49 acres in the Ruffin Mill Industrial Park at the Walthall interchange.
Mrs. Jaeckle hosted a public workshop for the comprehensive plan on Sept. 24 at Curtis Elementary School. Sessions were offered in each of the five magisterial districts to get citizen input that will be incorporated into the plan. The plan will be shaped during the next 18 months by a 34-member resident steering committee, county staff and a team of planners.
Construction will begin early next spring on a new road and parking lot improvements at the Lowes Soccer Complex.
The second phase of improvements at Chester Middle School, including softball practice field lights, fencing and walkways will begin next spring.
Alstom Power Inc. completed a new blade manufacturing facility at its Willis Road location this summer. The new 20,000-square-foot facility will manufacture turbine blades and enable the company to more than double its annual production and add 25 new staff during the next few years.
Preliminary engineering has begun for a project to improve the curve at a wetland area between Deep Forest Road and Ecoff Avenue. Design is under way and construction is anticipated to begin next spring.
Cash proffers will be used to make two spot improvements to Happy Hill Road, improving the curve south of Goodman Road and adding shoulders from Tarris Lane toward Longmeadow Boulevard. Construction is anticipated to begin next summer.
A VDOT project constructing a third lane on Harrowgate Road for left turns was recently completed.
The architectural design plans and a model for the arts center at Chester Village Green were revealed in August. After more than a decade in planning, the 18,000-square-foot Chesterfield Center for the Arts is moving ahead. Last year, the Board of Supervisors allocated $500,000 for the architectural and engineering work. Plans include a 350-seat theater, a smaller stage opening into an outdoor stage, an art gallery and multipurpose rooms. Construction is slated for 2012, financed by $7 million approved in the 2004 bond referendum, supplemented by the Chesterfield Center for the Arts Foundation’s fundraising.
Henricus Historical Park will begin construction next spring on an expanded parking lot. More than 8,000 visitors attended its annual Publick Days event featuring the Godspeed from Jamestown Settlement on Sept. 19-20.
A project to improve the shoulders and realign the curve on Branders Bridge Road, north of Whitehouse Road, will be completed this fall. The county was successful in obtaining federal safety funds to pay for improvements. Other improvements to this road, at the intersection with Bailey Bridge road, will begin next year.
A project to improve the curve on Branders Bridge Road, south of Happy Hill Road, was completed this summer.
Construction was recently completed on Chalkley Road, between Route 10 and Centralia Road, widening the shoulders from Beckinham Drive toward Route 10, and improving the curve between Deep Forest Road and Red Leaf Road.

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