A $1.6 million check was presented to the city of Norfolk Thursday by Virginia Congressman Bobby Scott not far from the future site of a new bridge in the city’s St. Paul area.
The money comes from the Fiscal Year 2024 federal Consolidated Appropriations Act and will be used to help build the bridge.
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It will connect St. Paul’s Blvd. and Tidewater Dr. by extending Freemason St. across St. Paul’s Blvd. and down what is now Charlotte St.
“It’s really crazy right now,” said Chayla Brown. Brown lives in the apartment building where Thursday’s check presentation was held. The building is part of the redevelopment of the St. Paul area.
It’s a building that was built after the former Tidewater Gardens public housing complex was torn down a few years ago.
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