In The News: New Kent Interchange Improvement Project Now Fully Funded
27 June 2025
Richmond BizSense (richmondbizsense.com) -
A $94 million interchange improvement project in New Kent County is now able to shift into gear, thanks to recent funding commitments from Virginia’s governor and a Texas beaver.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced this week a $20 million allocation toward building a diverging diamond interchange and other improvements at Exit 211 on Interstate 64.
The money from the Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund, which the governor can tap to support major economic development projects, provides the final bit needed for the interchange overhaul that’s intended to accommodate the anticipated traffic from what’s shaping up to be a commercial hub in New Kent.
The governor’s announcement followed a recent financial commitment from coveted Texas-based beaver-logoed convenience store and gas station chain Buc-ee’s, which is planning to open one of its massive locations just off the exit, to help cover the cost of the interchange project.
Amy Inman, New Kent’s transportation development director, said that Buc-ee’s earlier this month agreed to contribute $17.5 million toward the project.
The changes planned for the Talleysville and Roxbury exit includes the reconfiguration of the interchange into a diverging diamond. The design features travel lanes that temporarily cross sides with the intention to better facilitate traffic flow.
There would also be a new two-lane bridge over the interstate, which along with an existing bridge, which is underway on a separate and funded replacement project, would create a four-lane divided road for that section of Route 106.
Signals would be placed on Route 106’s intersections with the I-64 ramps, as well as a shared-use path on Route 106 from Jimmy Burrell Lane to the roundabout near the county’s welcome center.
The Buc-ee’s store planned on the north side of the interchange is just one of several large projects in the works there.
Minneapolis-based retail giant Target is planning a 1.4 million-square-foot distribution center in the New Kent City Center industrial park, which is to the south of the interchange and home to an 800,000-square-foot AutoZone distribution facility. Last year, Maryland-based developer Matan Cos. spent $15 million to acquire nearly 300 acres at the north end of the mostly undeveloped industrial park to build warehouses.
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