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Suffolk council adopts consent agenda funding roads, schools and airport; residents press council on MLK statue and speeding
Summary
Council approved multiple appropriations for road, airport, and school projects and accepted two board nominations. Public commenters urged the city to keep an MLK statue at Peanut Park and asked for increased police enforcement on White Marsh Road; council said the statue remains planned and asked for patrols.
Suffolk City Council on Nov. 5 approved its consent agenda, accepting and appropriating federal, state and grant funds for a series of local projects and action items.
The consent agenda (items 7—13) included:
- $1,911,258 in additional VDOT revenue-sharing funds for the Pitch Kettle Road realignment improvement project (construction expected to start in December, with an approximate 18-month duration). - $1,719,266 from the Virginia Department of Transportation State of Good Repair program to repave four segments of Holland Road. - $370,500 from the FAA and $14,000 from the Virginia Department of Aviation (total $384,500) to support a master plan update at the Suffolk Executive Airport (the city will provide a $3,900 local match from the aviation fund). - Reappropriation of $1,750,252.43 in…
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