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Resident urges halt to Amherst County 'Gateway Project,' cites $3.5 million county commitment
Summary
A District 5 resident told supervisors the Gateway Project at Routes 210 and 163 lacks a developer commitment and urged the county to pause work and reassess financial exposure tied to service-authority debt.
John A. Marks Jr., a District 5 resident, used the public-comment period at the Amherst County Board of Supervisors' May meeting to ask the board to pause the Gateway Project and reassess county exposure to debt.
Marks told the board his records show the county has committed $3.5 million to the Gateway Project: $1,000,000 from ARPA funds and $2.5 million borrowed by the service authority, with an expectation…
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