The Virginia Department of Transportation expects to start work next month studying whether a bridge between Surry County and either James City or Charles City County is feasible, a spokesperson said.
State Sen. Lashrecse Aird, D-Petersburg, sponsored a resolution calling for the study after a similar measure died in committee last year.
Surry County’s board of supervisors pushed for the legislation because they believe a land connection across the James River is important to growing the county’s economy, and it cannot depend solely on the ferry that runs from Jamestown to Surry, according to reports in the Smithfield Times.
The original legislation proposed last year by Del. Kim Taylor, R-Petersburg, stipulated the bridge should run from Hog Island near the Surry nuclear power plant to a spot near the Jamestown ferry, a staffer in Sen. Aird’s office told us Tuesday.
“VDOT warned it would cost $1.6 million to vet that route because of e…