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The Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) is the solid waste management agency for the one-million-population region south of Hampton Roads Harbor and the lower James River in Virginia. Based in Chesapeake, Virginia, it services the independent cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach and the ...
Mount Trashmore Park, also known simply as Mount Trashmore, is a city park located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, which opened in 1974, [ 1][ 2] Mount Trashmore is an example of landfill reuse, as its creation consisted of the conversion of an abandoned landfill into a park. The park spans 165 acres (67 ha) with hills larger than 60 feet (18 m ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Virginia designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Norfolk Speedway 0.400-mile dirt oval Norfolk, Virginia: 1956–1957 Closed sometime after 1959. ... New track open north of town in 1969, closed for facility ...
Lambert's Point. Coordinates: 36.87468°N 76.32348°W. Lambert's Point pier. Lambert's Point is a point of land on the east shore of the Elizabeth River near the downtown area of the independent city of Norfolk in the South Hampton Roads region of eastern Virginia, United States. It includes a large coal exporting facility and a residential area.
In late 1997, Norfolk officials made the announcement that they had finally received a commitment from Nordstrom to open a store in a new downtown shopping mall. Norfolk officials named the mall, MacArthur Center, in honor of the five-star World War II General whose tomb is located across the street from the proposed site. In return for opening ...
The history of Norfolk, Virginia as a modern settlement begins in 1636. The city was named after the English county of Norfolk [ 1][ 2] and was formally incorporated in 1736. The city was burned by orders of the outgoing Virginia governor Lord Dunmore in 1776 during the second year of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), although it ...
March 7, 2023 at 11:47 AM. A Norfolk Southern employee has been killed after a dump truck collided with a train on Tuesday morning. The collision took place at the Cleveland -Cliffs Cleveland ...