Chessa Walker, interim director for the Chesterfield Department of Transportation (CDOT), recently gave an extensive presentation to the Board of Supervisors about transportation infrastructure improvements that are either ongoing or in various stages of planning across the county.
Adrienne Torres, chief of staff for Greater Richmond Transit Co., then concluded the presentation with updates about microtransit and bus service enhancements planned in Chesterfield.
You can watch the entire 84-minute presentation by clicking on the video above.
Here are time stamps for each of the different projects discussed if there’s something you’re particularly interested in learning more about:
:50 – Project Development Road Map: Process of identifying road infrastructure needs, working with citizens and the Board of Supervisors to prioritize projects, refining the scope of improvements, securing funding, performing preliminary engineering, acquiring right of way and completing construction
3:45 – Funding Sources: Shows all the different avenues Chesterfield pursues to fund transportation projects, most of which are competitive
4:40 – Discussion of the Central Virginia Transportation Authority, which was established in 2020 to provide a dedicated funding source for transportation improvements in Chesterfield and eight other Richmond-area jurisdictions
7:45 – Proposed changes to Virginia’s Smart Scale process for prioritizing and funding transportation projects
10:40 – List of projects that will be advanced with $67.1 million in new federal and state funding appropriated by the Board of Supervisors in September
11:43 – Streamline Chesterfield: $80 million of roadway improvements that are under way to mitigate congestion in 288/360 interchange and along western Route 360
22:52 – Next phase of Streamline Chesterfield projects
24:40 – Potential interchange at Route 288 and Genito Road
29:31 – Evergreen Parkway Sidewalk Project
31:18 – Woolridge Road Widening and Extension to Route 288
40:41 – Powhite Parkway Extension
42:50 – Nash Road Extension to Route 10
45:44 – Henricus Park Access Road
46:58 – Bellwood Road Connector
49:11 – Courthouse Road Extension to Salem Church Road
50:41 – Willis Road/I-95 Interchange Improvements
53:18 – Hopkins Road Interchange and Road Diet
59:55 – Fall Line Trail
1:04:11 – Bessie Lane Reconstruction
1:05:35 -- Ettrick Train Station
1:06:45 – Bon Air Pedestrian Improvements
1:10:38 – Alverser Drive/Old Buckingham Road Roundabout
1:10:47 – Busy Street Extension
1:10:55 – Huguenot Road/Robious Road Congestion and Safety Improvements
1:11:09 – Otterdale Road Drainage Improvement Project
1:11:33 – Northbound Route 288 Hard Shoulder Running
1:12:06 – Access Chesterfield
1:13:25 – GRTC Chesterfield Project Updates
1:13:57 – LINK, GRTC’s new microtransit division
1:18.56 – Bus Route 1A Extension Westward on Midlothian Turnpike