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Appropriations Requests for Fiscal Year 2009
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Although Members of Congress are not required to
disclose appropriations request information, and most Members choose
not to share this information with the public, Congressman Forbes
voluntarily disclose the projects that he has requested the
Appropriations Committee consider for funding. Each of these projects,
their intended recipient, their requestor, their purpose, and the
amount of funding requested is listed here by Fiscal Year.
Energy and Water
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, & Related Agencies
Defense
Homeland Security
Veteran's Affairs/Military Construction
Commerce, Justice, Science
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development
Energy and Water
Project Name: Appomattox River Federal Navigation Dredging Project
Amount Requested: $2,600,000
Project Description:
The Appomattox River Federal Navigation Dredging project involves the operational and maintenance dredging of the Appomattox River from the City of Petersburg basin to the confluence of the James River. The primary purpose of this project is to restore the river channel to a navigable waterway to and from the James River. This project will provide the City of Petersburg and neighboring jurisdictions the ability to improve commercial use of the river in addition to recreational facilities such as a harbor, pier, park and other amenities that will enhance economic development. The requested funds will allow for the continuation of testing and research by the Corps of Engineers to test the viability of disposing the dredge spoils through “land farming” and will provide for the engineering required to obtain the necessary permits.
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Project Name: Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Dismal Swamp Canal
Amount Requested: $967,000
Project Description:
The Dismal Swamp Canal (DSC), on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW), is a naturally protected navigation route that generally parallels the Atlantic coast between Norfolk, VA and the Pasquotank River in NC. The canal is the oldest operating artificial waterway in the United States. The DSC was placed on the National Register of Historical Places and registered as an ASCE Landmark in 1988 and in 2004 it was included in the National Park Service's Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. The authorized depth of the canal is ten feet; however, the project is currently maintained at six to seven feet. The project also consists of one highway drawbridge and navigation lock at Deep Creek, VA, one highway drawbridge and navigation lock at South Mills, NC and three water control structures. To minimize costs, the two navigation locks and two bascule bridges are operated only four times daily between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
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Project Name: Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal
Amount Requested: $2,158,000
Project Description:
The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal (ACC), on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW), is a naturally protected navigation route that generally parallels the Atlantic Ocean between the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River and the Virginia-North Carolina state line in the North Landing River, a distance of 27 miles. This project provides for a channel 12 feet deep with widths of 90 feet in land cuts and from 125 to 250 feet in rivers. The ACC is of critical importance to transportation, especially to the U.S. Navy which transported over 55 million gallons of jet fuel yearly from the Craney Island to Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach. Failure to fund the ACC will result in the Navy being unable to meet the fuel demand of the Oceana Naval Station. The Navy has stated that trucking this much fuel would not be feasible on a long-term basis. In addition, commercial and recreation vessels travel the ACC in lieu of the Atlantic Ocean to prevent entry into the dangerous waters off Cape Hatteras. An average of over 1,000,000 tons of commerce passed though the Great Bridge Lock yearly. Funds will be used to continue to operate the navigation lock, swing bridge, and canal.
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Project Name: Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Bridge at Deep Creek, Chesapeake, Virginia
Amount Requested: $7,611,000
Project Description:
This project would replace an existing 74-year old federally owned and operated federal bridge that assists in navigation. The bridge passes over the Dismal Swamp Canal where U.S. Route 17 crosses in the City of Chesapeake. The City of Chesapeake requested the need to modify or replace the bridge. In October 1996, the approved initial appraisal concluded that the bridge is functionally obsolete because of its narrow roadway and poor alignment with the connecting roads, compounded by increasing traffic volumes. The preliminary plan is to replace the bridge with a five lane, split leaf pit bascule bridge. The city of Chesapeake will assume ownership and OMRR&R responsibilities of the new bridge.
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Project Name: Chowan River Basin Reconnaissance Study
Amount Requested: $350,000
Project Description:
In many locations within the Chowan River basin, six of the top 10 historical high water marks have occurred from 1998 forward, including the flood of record (Hurricane Floyd in 1999), October 2006 cold core upper level low (second highest), and Hurricane Isabel in 2003 (5th highest). Damages from these storm events have ranged from $10 million to over $100 million. The reconnaissance study will evaluate the Federal interest in ways to protect the water resources of this highly productive basin with particular emphasis on restoring wetlands and forested buffers lost from erosion and flooding, reducing flood damages throughout the basin, and improving navigation and to determine the Federal interest in conducting a more detailed feasibility study.
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Project Name: Dismal Swamp and Dismal Swamp Canal Feasibility Study, Chesapeake, VA
Amount Requested: $62,000
Project Description:
The remnants of Hurricane Floyd caused significant flooding within the City of Chesapeake and the surrounding region. Funding would allow the Army Corps of Engineers to continue the feasibility study of the Dismal Swamp Canal that examins high priority flood control and environmental restoration. The Dismal Swamp is maintained as a swamp by fixed weirs across the drainage ditches to restrict the flow of water out of the swamp and inward to Lake Drummond in the middle of the Dismal Swamp. The water exiting Lake Drummond through a feeder ditch is used to maintain the level of water in the Dismal Swamp Canal, a portion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. When Lake Drummond spilled from its banks due to heavy rains, it inundated areas of the City. The public perceives that the Corps may have prevented or minimized the flooding by diverting the floodwaters from Lake Drummond through the navigation locks at Deep Creek, Virginia, and at South Mills, North Carolina. The feasibility study will address these concerns as well as opportunities to provide for environmental restoration.
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Project Name: Elizabeth River Environmental Restoration Phase I Sediments (Scuffletown Creek)
Amount Requested: $97,000
Project Description:
Urban, rural, industrial, and residential areas blend together along the Elizabeth River and its branches, and more than 13,000 vessels use the Elizabeth River annually. Three hundred years of industry and commerce have made the river one of the nation's most contaminated waterways. Only limited wetlands in the 20-mile reach remain to support wildlife and filter pollution. This sub-estuary of the Chesapeake Bay provides spawning grounds for fish, habitat for rare terns, peregrine falcons and great egrets, and mud flats for shellfish. In 1993 the Chesapeake Bay Program identified the Elizabeth River as a "Region of Concern" - targeting it as one of three sites in the Bay watershed where contaminants pose the greatest threat to natural resources. Phase I consists of the sediment remediation for the Scuffletown Creek site.
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Project Name: Pagan River Federal Navigation Project, Smithfield, Virginia
Amount Requested: $900,000
Project Description:
The project provides a channel 10 feet deep at mean low water and 80 feet wide between Smithfield and the 10-foot contour in James River. A traffic survey revealed that channel maintenance to only 6-feet deep is adequate for using traffic. This depth will be maintained until usage indicates the need for a change. The project’s local sponsor is the Town of Smithfield. All permits are available to perform the dredging.
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Project Name: Tyler’s Beach Boat Harbor and Channel/Upland Disposal Site/Dredging, Isle of Wight, VA
Amount Requested: $400,000
Project Description:
Tyler’s Beach is located along the James River, in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. The project would create a navigation channel that would be critical to ensure the economic vitality and stability of the primarily minority local fishermen, who are in jeopardy of losing access to the James River's commercial fishing industry.
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Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Project Name: Appomattox River Heritage Trail Project, Petersburg, Virginia
Amount Requested: $750,000
Project Description:
The proposed Appomattox River Heritage Trail provides a pedestrian and bicycle pathway along the Appomattox River for leisure and historical interpretative purposes. This phase of the project consists of the construction of a segment of the trail over land adjacent to the river, a new boardwalk along the south, and the installation of two bridges to Flea Island. At this location, this phase of the trail will connect to an existing trail that follows along the banks of the Appomattox River on the north side of Pocahontas Island to a boat launch area at the point of intersection of Interstate 95 Bridge. The long term goal is by 2017 to develop a state park that connects 22 continuous miles of blueway/greenway trails connecting the localities of Hopewell, Prince George, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Petersburg, and Dinwiddie to facilitate the sensitive use of the Appomattox River for recreational and environmental protection purposes.
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Project Name: Battersea Stabilization and Conservation Project, Petersburg, Virginia
Amount Requested: $350,000
Project Description:
This project will involve the rehabilitation, stabilization and preservation of the former home of Colonel John Banister, member of the Continental Congress and framer of the Articles of the Confederation, for future use as a museum and historical tour site. Constructed in 1768 as the suburban villa of Col. Banister, Battersea has been recognized as nationally significant by the Department of the Interior, National Register of Historic Places. The City of Petersburg purchased the house with nearly 40 acres surrounding it in 1985 in order to preserve the structure because of nationally important architectural significance, and will use funds to perform conservation analysis and immediate conservation treatment for water penetration in the foundation of the building.
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Project Name: Chowan River Headwaters, Nottoway and Blackwater Rivers, Virginia
Amount Requested: $2,600,000
Project Description:
This multi-agency project will protect 4,000 acres and 11.5 miles of river frontage through acquisition of five conservation easements and one fee purchase. Project tracts are situated along the Blackwater and Nottoway rivers, headwaters to the Chowan River and key tributaries to the Albemarle/Pamlico Sound ecosystem, the second largest estuarine area in the US. Acquisitions will help link 20,000 acres of existing conservation lands across the VA/NC border and include an easement over a 2,900-acre tract supporting the largest northernmost stand of native longleaf pine, a conservation priority for Virginia. The proposed acquisitions will be divided among three Virginia agencies. The Department of Forestry (DOF) will acquire conservation easements on four tracts totaling 911 acres from Conservation Forestry, LLC. The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will acquire one 2,900-acre easement on the "South Quay" property owned by International Paper. The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) will establish a new Wildlife Management Area with the fee simple acquisition of a 173-acre tract from Coastal Timberlands. The tract includes a well-used boat ramp leased to DGIF for public access to the Nottoway River.
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Project Name: Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center Complex, Chesapeake, Virginia
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Project Description:
The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge currently averages 50,000 visitors annually. A visitors center will serve as the anchor in the area’s eco-tourism hub. The Refuge represents the northernmost extreme of the range for some species and the southernmost range for others, causing a great diversity of wildlife. Historically important as well, the Refuge was the first refuge in the country to become a designated site on the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom and has provided a rich backdrop for many American literary giants including Henry W. Longfellow and Harriet B. Stowe.
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Project Name: Lee Memorial Park Preservation and Restoration Project, Petersburg, Virginia
Amount Requested: $250,000
Project Description:
The Lee Memorial Park Preservation and Restoration Project is the first phase of a multi-year project that will result in a cultural center and environmental education center. Phase I of the plan include the restoration of the existing 1930s era pavilion, erosion and sediment control, storm water management system, new pavements, new park entrance, new parking area at the pavilion area, sight lighting, and improvements to the water and rest room facilities. This long term collaboration will result in a fully restored/rehabilitated significant cultural resource that will include in a second phase the construction of a new environmental education center.
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Project Name: Museum of African-American History, Suffolk, Virginia
Amount Requested: $200,000
Project Description:
The City of Suffolk will use this funding to renovate and restore the former Phoenix Bank of Nansemond located at 341 East Washington Street, Suffolk, Virginia and adjacent property to build a Museum of African-American History. This 1921 historic landmark was founded by a group of African-American entrepreneurs in 1919 and served the African-American farmers and laborers in Suffolk and surrounding Nansemond County. The bank was a focal point of community life in the Fairgrounds area of downtown Suffolk until it closed in 1931. Because of its cultural and historical significance, the Phoenix Bank of Nansemond was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The City of Suffolk is planning to adaptively reuse the Phoenix Bank for a museum of African-American History. The museum will interpret the contributions of African-Americans to the city and former Nansemond County.
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Project Name: "Old Jail" Project - Structural Restoration and Historical Interpretation, Isle of Wight, Virginia
Amount Requested: $200,000
Project Description:
Funds will be used to restore structural soundness and public safety to the "Old Jail" located on the Isle of Wight Courthouse Complex. Built around 1910, the “Old Jail” is currently structurally unsound and is in need of restoration and preservation. Along with the "Old Jail," the Courthouse Complex houses the original 1800s courthouse and its associated Tavern, which are open for historical interpretation to the public.
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Project Name: Prince George County Historic Courthouse, Prince George, Virginia
Amount Requested: $78,000
Project Description:
The Prince George County Historic Courthouse was built in 1883 and is listed as a Virginia Historic Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places. It has been transformed into the Prince George County Regional Heritage Museum, where it is an anchor in a rapidly changing locality preserving Prince George’s heritage, history, and culture from prehistoric times to the current day. The museum was designated a commemorative project for the nation's 400th birthday.
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Project Name: Southside Depot Petersburg National Battlefield Visitor Contact Station, Petersburg, Virginia
Amount Requested: $175,000
Project Description:
Funds will be used for stabilization and preservation of a train station built in the 1800s, for future conversion into a historical park and visitor contact station at Petersburg National Battlefield. This project will involve a historic resources survey, topographic and utility assessment, and environmental study.
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Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, & Related Agencies
Project Name: Chesapeake Children’s Health Center, Chesapeake, Virginia
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Description:
The Children’s Hospital of the Kings Daughters (CHKD) Health Center will provide optimal accessibility, convenience, continuity and quality of care by co-locating primary care practices, specialist offices, surgical practices, physical, occupational and speech therapy services in one location in close proximity to the interstate and within the heart of the city's pediatric population. Chesapeake has the second highest concentration of children in the Hampton Roads region, with 20 percent of the pediatric population (ages 0-17) from the south side living within this community. The need for pediatric specialists in the Norfolk area has outstripped the capacity of the current CHKD building, with all inpatient and outpatient services at or beyond capacity. Funds will be used to assist in the building of a centralized multi-specialty children's health center in the Norfolk area. CHKD has already demonstrated success in building a regional facility at Oyster Point in Newport News, which is exceeding all patient forecasts.
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Project Name: Chesterfield County Community Corrections Dual Treatment Track, Chesterfield, Virginia
Amount Requested: $356,934
Project Description:
The Dual Treatment Track (DTT) is a pretrial diversion program for non-violent defendants that suffer from both a mental illness and substance abuse addiction. Additional funding would assist in expanding the population served and conducting a comprehensive analysis of the program in order to establish a research based practice that can be replicated across the nation. The program uses “best practices” models to divert individuals from the local jail who are of minimal threat to the community, yet in serious need of both substance abuse and mental health services. The DTT program provides benefits for everyone involved in the criminal justice and mental health systems. It reduces the burden of specialized care that the jail is forced to provide. It gives the court a new tool in dealing with a population that is traditionally difficult to effectively sentence. This program enhances the quality of life in Chesterfield County by creating more accountability and effective service delivery for the specific population of dually diagnosed individuals who criminally offend. Most importantly, it creates change in the lives of the offenders and their families, as they lead more productive, healthy and responsible lives.
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Project Name: Institute for Food Safety and Agro-Security, Virginia State University
Amount Requested: $750,000
Project Description:
The United States food and agricultural systems are vulnerable to terrorism and other homeland security threats. Traditional research and education programs in the land-grant universities do not address homeland security related issues and thus professional preparation to meet the challenges of such threats is not adequate. The goal is to provide program and training in food safety and agro-security with a special emphasis in safety, security, sanitation, and inspection of food and agricultural production by establishing at VSU an Institute for Food Safety and Agro-security to address the threat of terrorism to agricultural and food sectors of the economy.
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Project Name: Logistics Program, Virginia State University
Amount Requested: $750,000
Project Description:
The United States Army Logistics Management College is headquartered at Fort Lee, Virginia, six miles from Virginia State University. Fort Lee has initiated discussions with VSU regarding the establishment of a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Technology with a concentration in Industrial Distribution and Logistics. The goal is to establish VSU as a key partner with the United States Army Logistics Management College at Fort Lee relative to the awarding of a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Technology. The request for funding is to enhance and maintain a new academic concentration in logistics at a historically black university. The program is the first and only Bachelor's degree program serving as a feeder for the seven existing Masters programs across the nation. Logistics is the management of resources and their distribution. For the military, it is the aspect of military operations that deals with the procurement, distribution, maintenance, and replacement of material and personnel.
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Project Name: Pilot Project Use of Technology for Targeted Public Health Intervention: Infant Mortality and Chronic Diseases, Chesapeake, Virginia
Amount Requested: $175,000
Project Description:
The City of Chesapeake has experienced a 24% increase in low birth-weight babies over the last nine years, death rates from cardiovascular disease are 6% above the State average, and diabetes-related deaths are 29% above the State average. This funding will provide ongoing technology improvement and support to a pilot program collaboration between Chesapeake Health Department, the Eastern Virginia Medical School and Old Dominion University that utilizes geographic information systems (GIS) to identify intervention locations through digitalized mapping. Intervention activities include treatment, education, monitoring and support. Additionally, by employing a public health analyst and an indigent health care case manager, limited public health dollars will be utilized more efficiently by providing treatment earlier and with better outcomes. This will also enable care to be expanded to more uninsured citizens by decreasing the demand for in-clinic appointments. The project will serve as a pilot for other collaborations nationally.
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Defense
Project Name: Modeling and Simulation Standards Development, Virginia Modeling Analysis, and Simulation Center
Amount Requested: $800,000
Project Description:
This request proposes a research and development effort that will bring together the M&S community to define, implement, and utilize a set of standards that will guide the development of M&S capability for the foreseeable future. M&S allows many industries to train and create safe and innovative solutions to complex challenges that would otherwise be limited by tight budgets, limited training ranges, and over-used equipment.
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Homeland Security
Project Name: Citizen Information Security Awareness Training, Chesterfield County, VA
Amount Requested: $71,000
Project Description:
Citizen Information Security Awarness Training provides cyber security training to Chesterfield County’s citizens and employees, to promote a security conscious culture that undertands the threats and vulnerabilities and reduce the number of consumers that fall prey to illegal cyber activities.
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Project Name: Communications Towers Infrastructure Security Enhancement, Chesterfield County, VA
Amount Requested: $600,000
Project Description:
Funding would improve infrastructure security at all of the County’s communications tower sites, which are part of the Interoperability Emergency Communications Systems. This project will improve communications availability and reliability during an emergency.
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Project Name: Emergency Communication Center (ECC) Perimeter Security, Chesterfield County, VA
Amount Requested: $250,000
Project Description:
The Emergency Communication Center (ECC) is a highly sensitive public safety agency whose function is to provide information to public safety providers and citizens on a range of items to include criminal activity, terrorist activity or natural disasters. In the event of a terrorist or an individual(s) who may want to hinder or interrupt the public safety system in the County, the logical place to strike is the ECC. In order to mitigate the risk of sabotage or criminal activity, providing physical security to the facility is necessary.
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Project Name: Secure Web Portal, Chesterfield County, VA
Amount Requested: $115,000
Project Description:
The secure web portal project would eliminate the opportunity to remove sensitive data from the County. Specifically, this project will give Chesterfield County employees the ability to remotely access sensitive data in a secure fashion.
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Project Name: Self Contained Breathing Apparatus/Mobile Data Terminal Programs, Isle of Wight County, VA
Amount Requested: $300,000
Project Description:
Currently, Isle of Wight County has a need to replace 150 self contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) throughout the County since most of the existing equipment is at the point of failure and disrepair and does not meet OSHA or NFPA standards. If not replaced, volunteer firefighters would be placed at great risk for injury or death due to malfunction or equipment failure.
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Project Name: Suffolk Building Security Enhancement Initiative, City of Suffolk, VA
Amount Requested: $200,000
Project Description:
The City of Suffolk is requesting funds to acquire equipment, conduct staff training, and implement heightened security measures at the Suffolk Municipal Building. This effort is critical to the city’s ability to provide a safe and secure municipal building for Suffolk citizens and employees, and to its ability to protect against the potential domestic and foreign terrorist attacks on the building. Specific items to be funded as part of this project include an access control management system, improved lighting around the building perimeter and in adjacent parking lots, and staff training.
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Veteran's Affairs/Military Construction
Provost Marshall Office Phase 1, 2 (Fort Lee, VA), $11.8 M
Industrial Access Improvements, Main Gate 15 (Norfolk Naval Shipyard), $9.99 M
Field Maintenance Shop (Fort Pickett VA), $6.0 M
Entry Access Control (Fort Lee VA), $9.6 M
Entry Access Control, Mahone Gate (Fort Lee VA), $5.3 M
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Commerce, Justice, Science
Project Name: CHKD Child Abuse Treatment Program, Norfolk, VA
Amount Requested: $825,000
Project Description:
Children’s Hospital King’s Daughters runs an innovative Child Abuse Treatment Program. Funding will be used to expand treatment services and support a Fellowship Program, which will train doctors to understand the dynamics of child abuse in order to determine when it has occurred.
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Project Name: Equipment for Police Force at Richard Bland College, Petersburg, VA
Amount Requested: $100,000
Project Description:
This project would provide equipment for a newly formed police department at Richard Bland College. Security services at RBC are currently provided by a security contract with unarmed guards. Response time from state/local police averages between 30-45 minutes once the 911 call is placed. With the opening of student housing in August, 2008 and 200-250 students on campus 24/7 the situation not only endangers the security and safety of students during emergency situations but exposes the college and Commonwealth to increased liability for not being in a position to quickly respond to these emergency situations.
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Project Name: Gang Deterrence and Prosecution Project, City of Chesapeake, VA
Amount Requested: $250,000
Project Description:
The City of Chesapeake is seeking funding for a Gang Coordinator within the Police Department and community prosecutor program to develop a comprehensive prevention, suppression and intervention strategies related to gangs and gang-related crimes. The City's law enforcement efforts need to be supplemented with front and back-end deterrence efforts to combat an increasing presence of gang activity. The Chesapeake Police Department estimates in 2006 that there were 26 identified gangs in Chesapeake, with an estimated 2,000 members. This number represents a significant increase from 15 identified gangs with 1,300 estimated members in 2005.
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Project Name: Law Enforcement Technology Enhancements, City of Suffolk, VA
Amount Requested: $200,000
Project Description:
Funding for this project would support the Suffolk Police Department Law Enforcement Technology Enhancement Initiative, an effort to outfit police cruisers with in-car cameras and mobile data terminals. This technology provides essential video evidence and improves officer safety.
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Project Name: Law Enforcement Technology Enhancements, Prince George County, VA
Amount Requested: $290,000
Project Description:
Funding for this project would upgrade technology equipment for the Prince George County police department and improve law enforcement operations. Funds would be used to purchase: (1) Mobile Data Terminals; (2) Reverse 911 system; and (3) Driving Simulator.
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Project Name: Public Safety Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL), City of Chesapeake, VA
Amount Requested: $642,000
Project Description:
Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL) will provide the Chesapeake Police/Fire/EMS Department's Dispatch Center with the most efficient tools needed to respond to emergency calls. AVL is beneficial to public safety personnel and emergency response teams in the case that they need assistance. Currently the City’s dispatchers can only see units on the screen who are assigned to a call which makes it difficult to pinpoint their exact location. With AVL dispatchers will have the ability to protect public safety personnel and emergency response teams and send reinforcements or backup to a precise position.
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Project Name: Suffolk Initiative on Youth (SIY) Youth Crime Prevention Plan, City of Suffolk, VA
Amount Requested: $200,000
Project Description:
The Suffolk Initiative on Youth (SIY)Youth Crime Prevention Plan is a comprehensive effort to address youth crime and gang involvement in the City of Suffolk, VA. Over the last five years, the City of Suffolk has witnessed a significant rise in youth crime and violence, including assaults, burglary, property crimes, and homicide. In 2006, the Suffolk City Council appointed a task force of over 30 representatives of city agencies, local law enforcement, youth service providers, business leaders, faith-based organizations, teachers, parents, and youth to develop recommendations for developing positive alternatives to crime for Suffolk's youth. Among the recommendations is the creation of an Office on Youth, youth workforce development initiatives, new afterschool programs, and gang prevention awareness.
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Project Name: Technology Upgrades and Operational Enhancements Projects, Chesterfield County, VA
Amount Requested: $1,087,000
Project Description:
Chesterfield County seeks to upgrade outdated technology systems to improve law enforcement operations, including installing cameras, portable interoperability radio bridge system, watch tower, and driving simulators.
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Transportation and Housing and Urban Development
Project Name: Chesterfield Aviation Museum/Science Education Center, Chesterfield County, VA
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Description:
The Chesterfield County Airport Advisory Board is developing an Aviation Museum/Science Education Center. The facility will be designed to provide hands on science education, directly connected to required Standards of Learning (SOL) test skills, to school-aged children from throughout the region. The goal of this project is to help students develop science skills and technical knowledge.
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Project Name: Gilmerton Bridge, City of Chesapeake, VA
Amount Requested: $12,000,000
Project Description:
The Gilmerton Bridge serves as the crossing of the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River for U.S. Route 13/Military Highway. The Gilmerton Bridge is a narrow, four-lane bridge designed to accommodate 15,000 vehicles per day. The Gilmerton Bridge currently handles approximately 30,000 vehicles per day - twice its design capacity. The existing bridge has exceeded the expected design life and is now functionally obsolete. Due to structural deterioration, weight restrictions for heavy truck and commercial traffic have been imposed. With the anticipated growth in this area, it is projected that the traffic volume will increase to approximately 41,000 vehicles per day by the year 2021. Funding would be used to construct a new four-lane bridge with 12' shoulders that can be converted to additional travel lanes in the future.
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Project Name: Great Bridge Battlefield and Waterways Visitor Center, Chesapeake, VA
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Description:
The visitor center will preserve the historical site of the Battle of Great Bridge, a pivotal moment in the Revolutionary War. The visitor center will be located along the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal in Chesapeake, Virginia. The center will draw tourists and visitors to the region who will find permanent and changing exhibits and programs at the center. The economic and cultural contributions of the center will benefit the Hampton Roads area. The center will receive both marine and vehicular traffic, provide resources for historical research, meeting spaces and a 100 seat theater. The park will contain interpretive signage, reconstructions of the historic causeway and will be ideal for events and re-enactments.
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Project Name: Great Dismal Swamp Interpretive Center, City of Suffolk, VA
Amount Requested: $200,000
Project Description:
The City of Suffolk is planning the development of a Great Dismal Swamp Interpretive Center to showcase the history of the swamp, which is partially located in Suffolk. The Interpretive Center will facilitate economic development and tourism and provide an educational resource for both visitors and Suffolk residents.
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Project Name: Heritage Park, City of Chesapeake, VA
Amount Requested: $400,000
Project Description:
The Chesapeake Heritage Park site is a 153 acre tract of land in Southern Chesapeake. The park site consists of approximately 62 acres of uplands with the remainder being classified as seasonal wetlands. Funding would be used to develop park space based on the agricultural and rural heritage of southern Chesapeake.
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Project Name: I-295/Meadowville Interchange, Chesterfield, VA
Amount Requested: $20,000,000
Project Description:
The project involves constructing an interchange on I-295 at the intersection of Meadowville Road. The area surrounding Rt. 10/I-295 is growing into a large industrial hub for the region, and the interchange will provide necessary access to accommodate freight access into and out of the area. The project is included in the Richmond Region MPO’s Long Range Transportation Plan.
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Project Name: Kings Highway Bridge Relocation and Replacement, City of Suffolk, VA
Amount Requested: $35,000,000
Project Description:
In 2005, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) closed the Kings Highway Bridge due to significant structural problems. At the time, VDOT classified the Kings Highway Bridge as having a sufficiency rating of zero. The bridge has since been torn down and replacement plans call for a new Kings Highway Bridge to be located one-half mile from its original location. The bridge closing is having a tremendous impact on transportation in the City of Suffolk. In addition to forcing commuters to take an 18 mile detour each day, the bridge closing is significant in that it eliminates an evacuation route for citizens in Suffolk and Hampton Roads. In the event of a hurricane or potential terrorist attack on the Hampton Roads area, the Kings Highway Bridge could serve as a gateway out of Eastern Virginia to destinations in central and western Virginia for thousands of citizens.
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Project Name: Peabody Williams School Building-Stabilization and Rehabilitation of Exterior, City of Petersburg, VA
Amount Requested: $600,000
Project Description:
This multi-year project seeks to stabilize and re-use the Peabody Williams Building, a site recognized by the National Registry as the oldest building used by African Americans during segregation. The structure is located in a targeted redevelopment area and plans include using the building as a museum and community activity center.
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Project Name: Prince George County Community Center, Prince George County, VA
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Description:
Plans for the Prince George County Community Center include a 200-acre community center/recreational complex to serve the unmet recreational and educational needs of the County’s 36,000 citizens. Currently, residents of Prince George County, including the residents of Fort Lee, have limited or no access to recreational facilities and services to be provided by this proposed project. As proposed, the Recreational Complex would include a gymnasium, recreational fields, and an indoor pool. The Community Center would house a 5,000 square foot library facility. This building would also have meeting rooms available for public use, as several community groups and youth organizations currently do not have adequate meeting facilities in the area.
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Project Name: Route 10 Widening from Route 1 to Ware Bottom Spring Road, Chesterfield County, VA
Amount Requested: $10,000,000
Project Description:
Funding for this project would be used to widen Route 10 from six lanes to eight lanes from Route 1 to Ware Bottom Springs Road. The project has been included in the Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MPO) list of regional priorities. The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors has identified this project as a top priority. The project is included in the Richmond Region MPO’s Long Range Transportation Plan.
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Project Name: Transportation Improvements at Fort Lee Army Base Access Points, Prince George County, VA
Amount Requested: $3,790,000
Project Description:
County staff and Army personnel at Fort Lee anticipate additional traffic as a direct result of the planned BRAC expansion. Intersection improvements are needed at A Avenue Gate/ Jefferson Park Road to ease the impact of additional traffic as a result of BRAC.
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Project Name: U.S. Rt. 17/Dominion Boulevard City of Chesapeake
Amount Requested: $10,000,000
Project Description:
Dominion Boulevard connects Interstates 64 and 464 with U.S. Route 17 South. This project would replace the existing two-lane drawbridge over the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway with a high rise, fixed span bridge, and would also widen the existing road section to four lanes. The roadway is also part of the National Highway System and is included in Virginia Department of Transportation Six-Year plan.
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