Commonwealth Transportation Board Action Meeting

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Commonwealth Transportation Board 
Nicholas Donohue                         1221 East Broad Street                   (804) 482-5818 
Chairperson                           Richmond, Virginia 23219                 Fax:  (804) 786-2940     
MEETING OF THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
DRAFT AGENDA 
VDOT Central Office Auditorium 
1221 East Broad Street 
Richmond, Virginia 23219 
September 16, 2026 
9:00 a.m.  
July 22, 2026 
1. Action on Economic Development Access to the Gretna Industrial Park 
Project ECON-227-385 – Town of Gretna Located within the Lynchburg District.  
2. Action on Economic Development Access to Patriot Centre Industrial Park 
Project 9999-044-084 – Henry County within the Salem District. 
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Commonwealth Transportation Board 
Nicholas Donohue     1221  East Broad Street       (804) 482-5818
Chairperson          Richmond, Virginia 23219 
Agenda item # 1
RESOLUTION 
OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
September 16, 2026 
M
OTION 
Ma
de By:        Seconded By:      
A
ction:      
T
itle: Economic Development Access to 
the Gretna Industrial Park 
Project ECON-227-385 – Town of Gretna 
W
HEREAS, § 33.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia provides funds to “be expended by the 
Board for constructing, reconstructing, maintaining or improving access roads within localities to 
economic development sites on which manufacturing, processing, research and development 
facilities, distribution centers, regional service centers, corporate headquarters, or other 
establishments that also meet basic employer criteria as determined by the Virginia Economic 
Development Partnership in consultation with the Virginia Department of Small Business and 
Supplier Diversity will be built under firm contract or are already constructed …” and , “in the 
event there is no such establishment or … firm contract , a locality may guarantee to the Board by 
bond or other acceptable device that such will occur and, should no establishment acceptable to 
the Board be constructed or under firm contract within the time limits of the bond, such bond 
shall be forfeited”; and 
WHEREAS, the Town of Gretna by formal resolution has requested Economic 
Development Access (EDA) Program funds to serve Amthor International within the Gretna 
Industrial Park, which is located off Main Street, and said access is estimated to cost 
approximately $400,000; and 
WHEREAS, it appears that this request falls within the intent of § 33.2-1509 of the Code 
of Virginia and complies with the provisions of the Commonwealth Transportation Board’s EDA 
Fund Policy and the Economic Development Access Program guide. 
Resolution of the Board 
Economic Development Access – Gretna Industrial Park – Town of Gretna 
September 16, 2026 
 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that $400,000 (unmatched) of the 
Economic Development, Airport and Rail Access Fund is allocated to provide adequate access to 
Amthor International within the Gretna Industrial Park, which is located off Main Street , 
Project ECON-227-385, contingent upon: 
1. All right of way, environmental assessments and remediation, and utility adjustments 
being provided at no cost to the Commonwealth; and 
2. Execution of an appropriate contractual agreement between the Town of Gretna 
(LOCALITY) and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), to provide for 
the: 
a. Design, administration, construction, and maintenance of this project; and 
b. Payment of all ineligible costs, and of any eligible costs in excess of this 
allocation, from sources other than those administered by VDOT; and 
c. Provision of all required matching funds by the LOCALITY for appropriately 
documented eligible project costs; and 
d. Provision by the LOCALITY of either i) documentation of a least $1,200,000 of 
eligible capital outlay attributed to qualifying business on property served exclusively 
by this project, or ii) should documentation of capital outlay be insufficient, an 
appropriate bond or other acceptable sure