The city of Suffolk, Va., will soon get a major port complex, with $30 million in infrastructure funding from the state.
The Port 460 Logistics Center Development is a new 218-ha (540-acre) industrial commerce park with a warehousing capacity of 464,515 m2 (5 million sf).
The center sits at the intersection of two freight corridors—Route 460 and Route 58—and the $30 million from the Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund (TPOF) will go toward the widening and modernization of a 3.2-km (2.3-mile) stretch of Route 460 as well as a redesign of the interchange.
The allocation of TPOF will provide an opportunity to address a projected traffic mitigation concern before it becomes a major issue.
This funding will allow Suffolk to move ahead with Route 460 corridor improvements that will accommodate the economic growth created by the Port of Virginia and the development of the Port 460 Project.
