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Dinwiddie administrator warns of flood impacts, updates board on development and parks projects
Summary
County administrator reported heavy rains and multiple road closures, urged residents to avoid moving water and to report flooded roads, and briefed the board on local development along Route 460, an airport grant for a hangar, and near-complete basketball and pickleball courts at a new sports complex. He also announced community events and staffing vacancies.
Dinwiddie County's administrator told supervisors on July 15 that heavy rains over the weekend left as many as 22 roads or intersections temporarily closed and that a flood warning and extended flood watch remained in effect.
The administrator urged residents to obey road-closure signage and not to drive through moving water, noting that "six inches of moving water can knock a person off their feet; 12 inches can move a small car." He encouraged reporting flooded roads to VDOT or calling 911 so county staff can coordinate with state crews.
The administrator also updated the board on local economic-development activity along Route 460: renovation of a former grocery into a BP station, a restaurant/brewery under construction, Walmart interior renovations, and a $160,000 grant awarded to the Dinwiddie County Airport Industrial Authority for a new hangar. He described a near-complete sports complex with basketball and pickleball courts to operate dawn to dusk and noted planned ribbon-cutting events.
Staff flagged several county staffing vacancies in engineering, the commonwealth's attorney's office, IT and the sheriff's office and encouraged recruitment. The administrator also noted community outreach around human-trafficking awareness and a grand reopening event planned for 5 Forks Visitor Center.
The board acknowledged the updates, and staff postponed recognitions scheduled for the evening as a precaution because of incoming weather.
Next steps: county staff will continue to monitor road closures, coordinate with VDOT on maintenance and public messaging, and proceed with event scheduling and facility openings when safe to do so.
