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Council approves easement and right-of-way vacations for Newport News Shipbuilding parking; nearby property owners raise notice concerns
Summary
Newport News City Council on Feb. 11 approved the vacation of multiple small easements and a portion of a public right‑of‑way to permit a Newport News Shipbuilding parking project, despite public objections that required notice to adjacent property owners was not provided.
Newport News City Council on Feb. 11 voted unanimously to vacate several small easements and a portion of public right-of-way tied to a Newport News Shipbuilding parking project, actions the shipbuilder and project proponents say will enable construction of a parking structure that could add roughly 2,300 spaces.
The council first approved the vacation of three easements — a 5,000‑square‑foot utility easement, a 1,302.5‑square‑foot easement, and a 214.5‑square‑foot drainage easement — as part of the shipyard parking project. Later the council approved an ordinance vacating an approximately 6,000‑square‑foot portion of public right-of-way on the 300 block of 30 Eighth Street…
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