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Council weighs CIP amendments: Complete Streets transparency, school-safety projects, and cuts to gas new-business funding

Richmond City Council · April 15, 2026
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Summary

Council members reviewed CIP amendments including requests to break out Complete Streets spending, fund prioritized school-safety projects across eight schools, add a splash pad and bike parking, and eliminate a $500,000 gas new-business line (administration said funds are dedicated to gas utility customers).

Council members reviewed a suite of capital-improvement (CIP) amendments that ranged from neighborhood projects to systemwide transportation spending. Councilman Brenton and DPW staff asked for clearer line-item transparency for Complete Streets spending (about $32 million), proposing periodic subcommittee presentations and a public dashboard to show how funds are allocated across paving, engineering, sidewalks and CIP projects.

The council discussed a citywide school-safety funding item…

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