Department of Transportation
Department of Transportation
Meeting:
VDOT Chs. 28 & 29 Utility Work Group Meeting
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| Date / Time | 8/20/2026 1:30 pm | ||||
| Type | Physical Location Only | ||||
| Location | VDOT Lockwood Building
First floor, Training Room A 9120 Lockwood Blvd. Mechanicsville, VA 23116 |
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| Board Website | https://www.vdot.virginia.gov/ or https://ctb.virginia.gov/ | ||||
| Agenda document | agency has not posted | ||||
| Purpose of the meeting Chapters 28 & 29 of the 2026 Acts of Assembly (HB 889 & SB 497) direct the Virginia Department of Transportation to convene a work group of stakeholders to identify opportunities and develop recommendations to amend regulations and permitting processes to facilitate the siting of new electrical transmission infrastructure in existing state highway right-of-way. The third meeting of the work group will be held in person on Thursday, August 20 at 1:30pm at VDOT’s Lockwood Building (address listed above). Members of the public may attend via Microsoft Teams by using the following link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/264812603525983?p=9J4aNpJls4b38aqWUT | |||||
| Meeting Scope |
Public hearing to receive comment on a proposed stage
General business of the board
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Discuss particular regulations / chapters
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The agency plans to discuss the following regulations at this meeting:
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| Contact Information | |
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| Name / Title: | Joshua Heslinga / Agency Regulatory Coordinator |
| Address: |
1221 E. Broad Street Richmond, 23219 |
| Email Address: | joshua.heslinga@vdot.virginia.gov |
| Telephone: | (804)551-2902 FAX: ()- TDD: ()- |
| Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities, such as sign language interpreters and/or real-time captioning services, are available upon request. Please send accommodation requests to the meeting contact as early as possible but no later than seven business days before the date of the meeting. | |