The members of the Central Virginia Transportation Authority, the cross-jurisdictional authority that finances transportation projects throughout the Greater Richmond region, has named Chet Parsons as its first-ever executive director. The CVTA was established by the Virginia General Assembly in 2020 to provide and direct new funding opportunities for the region’
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Virginia is taking a deeper dive into the award-winning SMART SCALE transportation funding process used by multiple jurisdictions, seven years after the program went into effect. SMART SCALE began distributing awards in 2017 and 2018 as part of a process to determine “the right” transportation projects to prioritize, based on
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The Central Virginia Transportation Authority is seeking public input about funding it’s planning to allocate for 30 transportation projects in Henrico and its other member localities (Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, New Kent and Powhatan counties, as well as the city of Richmond and the town of Ashland). The
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A proposal that would give Henrico County three seats on the GRTC board of directors – granting it equal board representation with the two owners of the system, Richmond and Chesterfield – earned unanimous approval from the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors Feb. 23 and could be approved by the Richmond City
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Henrico County will receive a projected $39.7 million in revenue from the Central Virginia Transportation Authority for transportation projects within the next year and a half. Sharon Smidler, the transportation development division director for Henrico’s Department of Public Works, shared that update about the CVTA – which was created
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