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What’s News Today: Broadband expansion, road work
Here’s a look at some of the stories we’ll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia
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Lane closures are possible on a number of streets throughout Lynchburg starting today. For the next two months, Shentel crews will be working throughout the city installing lines.
The Bedford County Board of Supervisors will make the completion of Phase II of the Bedford County Internet Initiative. ZiTEL has installed 48 miles of fiber at four sites in the county, giving internet connection to more than 1,800 homes in Big Island, Diamond Hill, Cedar Key and Staunton River. The $1.2 million project was partially paid for with CARES Act money.
BY SHANNON KELLY
The (Lynchburg) News & Advance
BEDFORD â Liberty University s efforts to expand the New London Airport onto adjacent properties hit a snag Wednesday.
LU had filed a motion asking a Bedford circuit judge to strike a September 2019 decision by the county zoning appeals board. That board s decision was to deny LU s request to rezone more than 460 acres of property around the airport, which would allow the university-owned airport to expand.Â
But on Wednesday, a judge denied LU s motion.
LU purchased the New London Airport in 2015 for $1.8 million. It owns a total of about 467 acres of surrounding property.
In 2019, Liberty submitted a request to rezone the surrounding property to allow development of a general aviation facility for the Liberty University School of Aeronautics. The proposal included a three-phase development process that would include relocation of a runway and construction of additional structures.