RTD: City said New Market had right to clear land at canal

There have been many emails sent my way about walls and vegetation being torn down on the New Mark Corp. property where the City of Richmond has approved a new street to connect Tredgar Street with Second Street behind Tredegar Iron Works. The area also has a proposed amphitheater on the New Market Corp. property […]

October 7, 2011; 2:27 PM • by Phil Riggan

There have been many emails sent my way about walls and vegetation being torn down on the New Mark Corp. property where the City of Richmond has approved a new street to connect Tredgar Street with Second Street behind Tredegar Iron Works.

The area also has a proposed amphitheater on the New Market Corp. property at 2nd Street, in the location of the very popular Richmond Folk Festival. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s Will Jones:

NewMarket Corp. did not need a permit last week when it cleared trees and brush on land it owns below South Second Street in downtown Richmond, city officials confirmed Thursday.

However, the company may have needed — and it obtained after the fact — a permit to demolish a section of an old wall along the unrestored James River and Kanawha Canal.

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October 7, 2011 2:27 PM 0