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Gloucester County

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Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)

  • 6 staff – 5 days a week for Touch Meter Reading
  • Will Save 30 Staff Days with AMI
  • Reduce Driving
  • Citizen Portal providing insight on usage
  • Identify leaks sooner and reduce wasted drinking water and lower costs

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Clean and Green Committee Project

  • Sarah Creek and the Perrin River designated as No Discharge Zones

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  • Committee recruited residents to put signs on their piers for remind boaters to use pump-outs

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  • Recently submitted Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grant with other Middle Peninsula localities.

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  • If awarded, will deploy 28 stations at 13 sites. No public charging station on over 50 miles of Route 17, will be the first public charging stations. Will be first chargers in Gloucester County,

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Oyster Habitat Sanctuary Reef

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The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s �Oyster Recycling

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Bee City Committee

  • Established Pollinator Gardens
  • Numerous Public Education Programs
  • Sourced Plants for Plantings

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Trails and Multimodal Paths

  • Main Street Multimodal Path - In design, waiting on plans and revised budget estimate
  • Gloucester Point Route 17 Multimodal – Moving Forward
  • Greate Road sidewalk – Moving Forward
  • Roaring Springs Road Multimodal Path – Moving Forward
  • Proposed
    • Connection between Gloucester Point and Tyndall's Point – Proposed
    • GHS to Main Street Greenway - Proposed

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Challenges and Hopes

  • Plastic Bag Tax – Proposal Rejected by the Board of Supervisors
  • Recycling Promotions/Education – Continual Efforts
  • Evaluating Feasibility of Solar Panels on the Old Landfill
  • Hoping to Purchase First Hybrid County Pool Car
  • Researching options for Solar at GHS

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Contact Information:

Carol Steele, County Administrator

6489 Main Street

Gloucester, VA 23061

(804) 693-4042