Richmond Petersburg, VA, October 29, 2026 —

Henrico County has begun installing the first mile of its Eastern Henrico Transmission Line as road improvements to widen the Richmond-Henrico Turnpike are underway. The project is intended to bolster water services for communities, with particular attention to areas affected by regional water outages in January 2025.

The installation and road work are taking place at the same time, according to the available project summary. It does not specify how the construction activities are being coordinated, where along the turnpike the initial mile is being installed, or whether the road work is directly connected to the water-line installation beyond occurring concurrently.

The summary describes the work as the initial mile of a larger transmission-line project but does not provide the line’s total planned length or the overall project schedule. It also does not identify a contractor, give a project cost, or state when the installation is expected to be completed.

The stated aim is to strengthen water services for communities, especially those affected by the January 2025 outages. No details were provided about the cause, duration or geographic extent of those outages, or about which communities were affected. The summary also does not specify how the new line is expected to change water service or when residents might see any effects.

Further information about the construction timeline, project scope and service impacts was not included in the available summary. The confirmed details are that Henrico County has commenced installation of the initial mile, the work coincides with widening improvements on the Richmond-Henrico Turnpike, and the project aims to bolster water services.


Story summarized from the original created by Lyndon German on www.vpm.org, see more information here.

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