Essential Infrastructure Plan News Today

The region’s transit agency plans to install new benches and shelters at as many as 75 percent of bus stops systemwide.

Right now, just 5% of the Richmond region’s 1,609 bus stops have a shelter while only 21% even have a bench. But, thanks to a newly passed Essential Infrastructure Plan, starting next summer, the Greater Richmond Transit Company will begin installing 160 shelters and 225 benches over the next five years.