Riverside Donates Land, Money to Build Water Tank

By Amber Lester Kennedy Thursday, December 09, 2010

Riverside Health System has donated 1.345 acres and $1.65 million for a new water tank to expand Williamsburg’s water system.

The contributions are part of the proffers the company has made to the city in order to build its new facility, Riverside Doctors Hospital, in the Quarterpath area.Riverside has also offered $150,000 and 22 acres to create “Redoubt Park”; $1.2 million toward reconstruction of part of Quarterpath Road; and $100,000 towards the traffic signal that will be located at Quarterpath Road and Rt. 60.

The water system expansion will serve the new hospital and the southeast quadrant of the city. “Riverside Doctors Hospital, to be located within the city limits, will one day deliver high quality healthcare to our community, but Riverside has already made significant contributions to the quality of life in Williamsburg,” said Jack Tuttle, city manager. “The contribution to the future expansion of the city’s water system will add reliability and water storage capacity to benefit the entire city.”

Riverside received Certificate of Public Need approval on May 19, 2009 to build its hospital, along with its Quarterpath Development, a master-planned community that will feature commercial, retail and residential space.

The $72.4 million hospital will have 40 private acute care rooms, two operating rooms, a 24-hour Emergency Department and diagnostic services. The 20-acre campus sits between the intersection of Route 60 and Route 199 and the intersection of Quarterpath Road and Route 199.

Construction on the road to Riverside Doctors Hospital began in September and is scheduled to be complete in April 2011. Construction on the medical campus will begin then and is expected to reach substantial completion in late October 2012.