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HRT proponents press Virginia Beach Development Authority to preserve bus operations site; staff says prior deadlines expired
Summary
Hampton Roads Transit supporters told the Virginia Beach Development Authority the Corporate Landing site could deliver a $130 million, federally funded operations facility and roughly 125 high-wage jobs; city staff said the 2021 sale resolution’s deadlines have lapsed and no binding purchase agreement was executed.
Supporters of a proposed Hampton Roads Transit operations facility told the Virginia Beach Development Authority on Aug. 12 that the project would bring federal funding, high-paying jobs and operating savings to Virginia Beach.
"This is the first time that I'm here briefing the authority about a $130,000,000 investment in Virginia Beach," public commenter Sybil Pappas of HRT said, adding the project would create "125 new jobs" and require no city capital contribution. Steve Romine, representing HRT through Williams Volley, said HRT had worked with the authority for three years and had paid stormwater-related costs, calling the proposal "a $130,000,000 fully funded…
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