On Thursday, May 6, Warner held a socially distanced roundtable with the Richmond Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RRTPO) — an arm of the PlanRVA regional commission — at Main Street Station. They discussed how the ARP can support the region’s transportation grid and, at a time when economic growth hinges on regional cooperation, this was an appropriate forum.

Warner and representatives from nine localities — the town of Ashland, the city of Richmond and the counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and Powhatan — fought past face coverings and noise from nearby freight trains to discuss pressing needs and ideas for how to steward the ARP dollars.

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