PETERSBURG, Va. — Petersburg Mayor Sam Parham announced Thursday that the city is nearly 80 years behind the ball when it comes to a massive dredging project of the Appomattox River, which is partly to blame for the flooding the city experienced Monday and Tuesday.
“The last time the Appomattox was dredged was in 1949, do you hear me? 1949!” Parham said.
That was even before the construction of Interstate 95…