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Newport News council approves easements, leases and multiple VDOT and state grant appropriations, 7-0
Summary
At its Oct. 28 regular session, the Newport News City Council unanimously approved an ordinance granting an easement for underground utility work, a lease, applications for port revitalization funding and a series of VDOT grant agreements and appropriations totaling multiple millions for paving and congestion projects.
The Newport News City Council on Oct. 28 adopted a package of land-use, lease and grant measures, voting 7-0 on each item. The measures included an ordinance to allow a Dominion Energy easement across city property at 11780 Rock Landing Drive; a lease for office space at Tech Center Building 1; an application to the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development's Port Host Communities Revitalization Fund; amendments to two Virginia Enterprise Zones; a grant agreement under the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; and several Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) project agreements and appropriations for paving and congestion mitigation…
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