Week in Review: Rep. Luria Delivers $16.2 Million in Community Project Funding Awards Throughout Coastal Virginia, Hosts Town Hall 

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA — This week, Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA), delivered more than $16 million in Community Project Funding (CPF) awards throughout Coastal Virginia and hosted a town hall at Virginia Wesleyan University. 

On Monday, Rep. Luria delivered an $8.2 million CPF award to replace the Accomack and Northampton Counties public safety radio communications systems. One of the largest CPF awards in the country, the state-of-the-art radio system will improve communications for emergency responders and make our communities safer. 

She also presented $500,000 in CPF funding on Monday to the New Road Community Legacy Project, which will be used to redevelop a 9-acre site into a mixed-use, residential community for site development to prepare for construction of approximately 30 housing units in residential community and expand the existing community.

Rep. Luria also delivered a $2.5 million CPF award to Cape Charles segment of the Eastern Shore Rail Trail, which will be used to convert 2.3 miles of the decommissioned Eastern Shore Railroad right-of-way and VDOT right-of-way into a multi-use recreational trail.

On Tuesday, Rep. Luria hosted a town hall at Virginia Wesleyan University to provide an update on her legislative work in Washington, D.C. and answer questions from constituents in Virginia’s Second Congressional District. 

Then, she presented a $5 million CPF check to Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) on Thursday. These funds are being awarded to HRT to replace a functionally obsolete bus operations and maintenance facility which lacks capacity to house and service both the existing and new fleet of vehicles. The funding will also help support year-round public transit operations based out of Virginia Beach.

In March, Rep. Luria announced more than $18.5 million in funding for seven community projects to directly address Coastal Virginia’s most pressing needs. The funding will reverse decades of disinvestment in our communities, spur economic development and growth in the region, and make community healthier, safer, stronger, and more resilient.