CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, (WRIC) — Work on part of the Nash Road Extension project in Chesterfield is officially back on. Construction was paused earlier this year after a large gravesite was found in the work area near the intersection of Beach and Nash Road.
Eighteen gravesites were found in one of the construction areas of the Nash Road Extension Project in April. The graves were professionally removed on Oct. 28, and officials say that work on that part of the project carefully continued on the following day, Oct. 29.
“No one was anticipating finding it. It was it was quite a surprise,” said Bill Arel, the Chesterfield County Project Manager. He says that the April discovery of the 18 gravesites was the first in his 25 years of experience…