Two former motels within a mile of each on U.S. 29 in Madison Heights are being torn down this week, a measure Amherst County officials said in a news release Tuesday are part of improvements to the county’s main business corridor.
The largest utility-scale solar farm project proposed to date in Amherst County in the Piney River area just next to the Nelson County border received the county board of supervisors’ unanimous vote of denial Tuesday.
Amherst County s public safety department seeks 13 news positions, a dozen emergency medical services/firefighters and a division manager of support services, a measure that if approved would cost nearly $962,000 in the county fiscal year 2024 budget.
Amherst County officials are opposing a proposed bill in the Virginia General Assembly that could place siting approval of large-scale solar farm operations away from localities and into purview of the State Corporation Commission.
Amherst County officials are opposing a proposed bill in the Virginia General Assembly that could place siting approval of large-scale solar farm operations away from localities and into purview of the State Corporation Commission.