Virginia is preparing to build a $16 million parking deck on land it just bought in downtown Richmond.
Pending approval by the General Assembly, the state plans to issue bonds to build the 1,000-space deck at 7th and East Franklin streets on a surface parking lot it bought this week for $4 million from a Fredericksburg company.
Richard F. Sliwoski, director of the Department of General Services, confirmed the purchase of the parking lot for the new deck.
The deck will serve state employees at 600 E. Main St., a 24-story office building purchased by the state last year. Construction of the state deck on Franklin Street depends on legislative approval of a bill to allow sale of $16 million in bonds to pay for it.
The legislation, introduced by Del. Lacey E. Putney, I-Bedford, includes an emergency clause so that it could take effect after passage by both houses and signing by the governor. The deck could be under construction by summer and completed the following year. -- Michael Martz
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