Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan will deliver $1.5 million in Community Project Funding (CPF) checks today to the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) and Richmond International Airport (RIC).
The funding will bolster the Commonwealth’s public transit. She visited Chesterfield County Monday morning to deliver $1 million for VPRA’s Ettrick Passenger Rail Station Improvements Project to begin the design and construction process of a new passenger rail station that will replace the structurally deficient Ettrick Station.
The new station will serve the 30,000 current passengers that use Ettrick Train Station and allow for increased capacity for the expected influx in ridership that will result from the development of the Richmond to Raleigh corridor segment. The project will also plan for a new third track and platform that will serve Amtrak trains now and in the future.
In the afternoon, she will travel to Richmond to deliver $500,000 to RIC to support its Aircraft Apron Project to allow for the construction of a new aircraft apron, East Side Apron 5.
The new apron will enable the Richmond Airport to relocate two areas of current general aviation operations in the northwest and southwest corners of the airfield to one consolidated state-of-the-art area on the East Side of the airfield. The upgrades will support the FAA-approved Master Plan, free up the necessary space for the expansion of cargo operations and the construction of a second parallel runway, and help meet current and future requirements to better serve the greater Richmond region.
McClellan successfully secured the Community Project Funding through the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations process.
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Rebecca Barnabi
