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Board rezones land along Route 460 for commercial development amid traffic concerns
Summary
Supervisors approved rezoning RZ25‑0006 to C‑2 for a roughly 7.6–7.7‑acre parcel at Route 460/New London Road to allow a convenience store with fuel and other retail uses; county staff and the applicant emphasized VDOT’s preliminary concurrence with the traffic study but warned of future, publicly funded intersection improvements.
Jordan Mitchell, director of community development, presented rezoning application RZ25‑0006 for New London 460 East LLC, a request to rezone approximately 7.7 acres along Route 460 from PCD/R‑1 to C‑2 with the Route 460 overlay for convenience store, drive‑thru restaurant and retail uses. Mitchell summarized a traffic‑impact study that recommends turn‑lane and signal timing adjustments; staff advised that VDOT concurred with the study’s underlying assumptions for phase 1 but indicated a major publicly funded intersection improvement may be required as development proceeds.
Jamie White of White Engineering, representing the applicant, told the board the project envisions five businesses on the parcel including a convenience store with fuel pumps (corner lot under contract). He said VDOT gave preliminary approval for the proposed entrances provided the development does not exceed the traffic caps in the 06/02/2025 traffic study (8,340 daily trips); White cautioned the developer would have to submit a new traffic study and seek further approvals if future phases exceed that traffic volume.
Supervisors expressed concern about queuing and left‑turn backups at the Route 460/Thomas Jefferson (Route 811) intersection, and asked staff to continue coordination with VDOT and seek state planning funds where appropriate. Supervisor Bainsley moved to approve ordinance O120925‑07 (rezoning RZ25‑0006); the motion was seconded and adopted by recorded vote.
The board’s action rezones the parcel; engineering, site‑plan and VDOT access approvals remain as next steps. VDOT retains authority to require changes or close an entrance if crash patterns develop related to the slip‑ramp access, per the TIS and VDOT comments.
