Suffolk city leaders delay comprehensive plan vote [Video]

SUFFOLK, Va. — The City of Suffolk is pushing back a vote on its comprehensive plan, saying it needs to focus more on the area’s traffic issues before it can be approved.

Cities, counties, and towns are required by Virginia state law to update their comprehensive plans every five years. The plan Suffolk city leaders are currently working on looks ahead to 2045, focusing on housing, transportation, economic development, preserving the city’s agricultural heritage, and more.

“We’ve developed a really solid group of guiding values that we use as a benchmark,” Keith Cannady, the city’s comprehensive planning manager, told council.

However, the city council pushed voting on the plan back to November 20 after several residents expressed concerns, mostly about the plan’s lack of solutions for the area’s heavy traffic.

Chess Harris spoke to council, saying he represented …