There is more in the works for that area, but filling the tunnel was the priority for a safer bridge deck. It would have cost Henrico ~16x to get the bridge up to code and would have been much more disruptive to traffic.
Fitting that graffiti lamenting the loss of the Regency tunnel is more legible than that which adorned it (although my guy here still working on his N's vs n's).
But fear not middle schoolers and high schoolers of the West End for I have captured a slice of its beauty knowing it was too pure for this world and would one day come to an end.
rvachris t1_jee7dn6 wrote
Still waiting to see how closing that tunnel will help their "overarching plan" or whatever