Lee Bridge safety fix passes Richmond committee

With its members agreeing that safety trumps aesthetics, the Richmond Urban Design Committee unanimously endorsed a city Public Works Department plan to restrict access to the Robert E. Lee Bridge’s median gap, where an 18-year-old Henrico County man fell to his death last year.

The committee, which advises the city Planning Commission, weighed two competing recommendations — the other coming from the Department of Planning and Development Review — to address the gap, which runs about 1,000 feet from the northern end of the spans to the center, city officials say. Link