# 2025-09288: Virginia Road Plans Trigger an Environmental Study Near Sandbridge

2025-09288, Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement in Virginia, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Federal Highway Administration published 2025-05-23, effective Comments on this Notice of Intent are to be received by June 23, 2025.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-22).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09288
- As of: 2026-10-22
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-09288
- Title: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement in Virginia
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Federal Highway Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 22152
- Published: 2025-05-23
- Effective: Comments on this Notice of Intent are to be received by June 23, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-22

## In one line

Virginia Road Plans Trigger an Environmental Study Near Sandbridge

## Summary

Virginia is planning to improve roads around the Sandbridge community by extending Nimmo Parkway or upgrading Sandbridge Road to make travel easier and more reliable. The Federal Highway Administration is getting ready to study how these changes might affect the environment and wants your thoughts by June 23, 2025. This project could shape the future of local travel and connectivity, so stay tuned and get involved!

## Abstract

The FHWA, on behalf of the State Department of Transportation (Virginia DOT, or VDOT), is issuing this Notice of Intent (NOI) to solicit comment and advise the public, agencies, and stakeholders that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared to evaluate potential transportation improvements for the Nimmo Parkway Phase VII-B Project (the Project; EISX--XVA-1727438866) in the Sandbridge community and surrounding areas within the City of Virginia Beach. Transportation improvements are being considered to extend Nimmo Parkway or improve existing Sandbridge Road to provide reliable access and connectivity to the Sandbridge community.

## Effects PRIA read

- Sandbridge Road improvements could require relocations: cost, high. If the EIS selects the "Improvements to Existing Sandbridge Road" build alternative, the document says this alternative "have the potential for right-of-way impacts and relocations." This means people who own or live on property along Sandbridge Road could face property acquisition or being moved.
- Extending Nimmo Parkway likely avoids relocations: benefit, medium. The Nimmo Parkway alternative is within right-of-way owned by the City of Virginia Beach, so the notice says right-of-way acquisition and relocations are not anticipated for that alternative. Choosing this route would likely avoid displacing local residents.
- Project aims to provide reliable Sandbridge access: benefit, high. The notice says Sandbridge Road is currently the only public access to the Sandbridge community and that it can become impassable due to flooding, accidents, and other obstructions. The stated purpose of the project is to provide reliable access and connectivity to the Sandbridge community.
- Transit-only and low-cost fixes not advanced: cost, low. The notice says stand-alone transit-only improvements and stand-alone Transportation System Management/Transportation Demand Management (TSM/TDM) improvements are proposed not to be retained because they would not provide reliable access and connectivity to Sandbridge. The project documents also no…

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## Sources
- [2025-09288 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/23/2025-09288/notice-of-intent-to-prepare-an-environmental-impact-statement-in-virginia)
- [2025-09288 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-23/pdf/2025-09288.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09288 (as of 2026-10-22).