Trash & Recycling Centers operation

Monday night at the regularly scheduled Board meeting, Supervisors voted to rescind the motion from the April work session which would have changed hours of operation at the trash & recycling centers, closed all sites on Mondays, and moved electronics recycling from the Route 618 site to semiannual events. All of these changes would have taken effect on July 1, 2022.

With the vote to rescind, all operations at the trash & recycling centers will continue as they were.

In addition to the trash and recycling vote, Supervisors also considered two solar farms slated for opposite ends of the County. To check out the Action Agenda from the Board's June 13, 2022 meeting and see how the Board voted on these issues and more, visit our website.

The Board also meets Tuesday, June 21, 2022 for the monthly work session. The same link above can be used to view the agenda for the meeting.

Treasurer's Office receives honors from Treasurers' Association of VA

The New Kent County Treasurer Charles H. Evelyn, III received two very special honors this week at the Treasurers’ Association of Virginia (TAV) annual conference. The New Kent County Treasurer’s Office is now fully accredited by the TAV. In addition, Evelyn was awarded the TAV Treasurer of the Year Award.

Evelyn is a lifelong New Kent resident. He was elected New Kent Treasurer in 2019 for a term beginning January 1, 2020.

Additional Dominion slow rolls to impact traffic on I-64

Dominion Energy has scheduled additional slow rolls on Interstate 64 in New Kent County to facilitate electric wire pulling work.

The slow rolls will take place on I-64 east and west near Eltham Road/Route 33 (mile marker 220) from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 21. Drivers should expect delays in 15-minute windows with 45-minute lifts in between to allow normal traffic flow.

Additionally, the westbound left lane will be closed overnight at the same location from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Thursday, June 23. The work is for Dominion’s Line 224 (Lanexa-Northern Neck) Electric Transmission Project. The goal of the project is to replace an aging electric transmission line to maintain reliable service for Dominion’s customers.

Anyone with questions about the project can visit www.DominionEnergy.com/Line224 or contact Dominion Energy at powerline@dominionenergy.com or 888-291-0190.

VDOT’s customer service center is also available by calling 800-FOR-ROAD (800-367-7623).

For the latest real-time traffic information or road conditions, call 511 or visit http://www.511virginia.org.

Meat Me At the New Kent Farmers Market For An Egg-cellent Time

It's Virginia Agriculture Week and we're egg-cited for Saturday!

In addition to 15+ local vendors, we'll have a few fun things for the kiddos while you get your shopping done:

New Kent Virginia Cooperative Extension & New Kent Parks and Recreation will have a sign painting activity full of your favorite barnyard animals.

Heritage Public Library will have a cute take home egg activity.

Visit the County tent to get a scavenger hunt and return the completed sheet for a prize!

Plus more!

Meat Me At The New Kent Farmers Market For An Egg-cellent Time!

Saturday, June 18

9am-12pm

@ the Market Pavilion (7589 New Kent Hwy.)