DOMINION BOULEVARD CORRIDOR STUDY | Chesapeake, Virginia
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Figure 1.
Capitalizing on Investment in Transportation
The Chesapeake Regional Airport, the new tall span
Veterans Bridge and potential for Dominion Boulevard to
become an interstate highway creates economic potential.
Figure 3.
Preserving Agricultural Character
Large segments of productive agriculture can be
preserved so that this important part of Chesapeake’s
sense of place and character can be retained for the
next generations.
Figure 2.
Connecting Environmental Systems
The Great Dismal Swamp Wildlife Refuge Area, the historic
Herring Ditch and forested land purported to be wetlands
create a connected framework that act as the lungs of the
region and provides habitat, biodiversity and opportunities
for recreation.
Figure 4.
Locating New Economic Centers
New economic centers take advantage of key intersections
of improved regional transportation assets and
environmental systems
Figure 5.
Synthesis
A master plan that develops Dominion Boulevard as a “Major Activity Center” that leverages investments in transportation
infrastructure, one of a kind environmental assets, and the unique sense of place and character of this part of Chesapeake.
Diagrammatic Concept - Parti
The chief organizing thoughts, illustrating the ‘big ideas” of the master plan,
are captured in what is often called a parti. This and the preceding page
highlight the big ideas that the master plan follows.
4 Key Master Plan Concepts
• Capitalize on investment in
transportation infrastructure
• Locate new economic
centers to support
commerce and new
industries
• Protect and connect
valuable environmental
systems
• Preserve productive farm
land and the rural lifestyle
