The town of Leesburg, Virginia, has proposed a six-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) to allocate $368 million to critical projects from fiscal years 2026 to 2031.
There are 12 new projects added to the CIP, bringing the total to 79 projects planned for implementation over the next six years. The program outlines the town’s estimated expenditures on projects per year:
- $38.5 million in 2026.
- $93.6 million in 2027.
- $41.8 million in 2028.
- $54.2 million in 2029.
- $57.6 million in 2030.
- $82.3 million in 2031.
Street and highway projects make up the bulk of the new projects included in the plan, featuring safety improvements along Battlefield Parkway, installing the missing link in the Lee Avenue sidewalk, resurfacing Liberty Lot, making lighting improvements, milling, paving and maintaining Townwide Bridge.
The remaining projects will prioritize installing electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, replacing the town hall roof, replacing tennis courts and fencing, enhancing drainage channels, restoring streams and refurbishing utility equipment.
Key capital projects featured in the CIP include $83 million to complete a multi-phase effort to improve the Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF). Currently, the town is focusing on improving the facility’s solids processing and nutrient and liquid processing functions. This will involve modifying the existing facilities and building new ones, such as the installation of a densification system.
Leesburg will initiate a pilot program for solids processing to ensure the modified treatment processes are effective. As part of the pilot, the WPCF will receive piping and in-tank modifications for the biological reactors. Plans for addressing nutrient and liquid processing deficiencies include:
- Replacing two gravity thickeners.
- Building a gravity thickener.
- Upgrading the odor control system.
- Installing a thickened sludge pumping station.
- Installing a primary sludge flow splitting system.
- Replacing the primary sludge pumps.
- Upgrading the digester building.
- Replacing centrifuges.
- Renovating digesters.
- Repairing tanks.
- Upgrading an electrical substation.
The town will also implement a $28.5 million effort to expand and renovate a police station. The town will build a 14,000-square-foot, single-story addition to the public safety facility. The existing building will also be renovated, the support building will receive HVAC improvements, the secure parking area will be expanded and a second fiber connection will be installed.
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