Lot 6, Pocahontas Trail, start to finish.
A two-bay car wash and a laundromat on 15 acres along US 60 in Quinton, New Kent County. Scroll to follow the project from the ground as it is today, through approvals and construction, to opening day.
The site today.
A wooded commercial parcel fronting Pocahontas Trail (US 60), about 2.5 miles from I-64. Woods and wetlands cover the back of the lot; the developable upland sits along the road.
- Parcel
- 15.01 ac
- Zoning
- B-1 · Business
- Frontage
- US 60 · ±590 ft
- Today
- Vacant, wooded
What the rules allow.
The solid line is the property line and the dashed line is the setback. The shaded area at the back is mapped wetland, which stays untouched. What's left is the buildable upland along US 60.
- Gross site
- 15.01 ac
- Buildable upland
- ±8 ac
- Mapped wetlands
- ±7.6 ac
- Wetland fill
- None
The whole project fits on about 1.5 acres of that upland, at the west end of the frontage.
Two buildings, one entrance.
A two-bay car wash near the road and a laundromat behind it, both reached by a loop drive from a single US 60 entrance. The loop doubles as the car wash stacking lane, so queued cars wait on site.
- Car wash
- 4,000 SF · 2 bays
- Laundromat
- 4,225 SF
- Parking
- 28 spaces
- Access
- 1 entrance
Review before anything moves.
Nothing is built until the project clears county and state review. Typical approvals for a project like this:
Sequence is illustrative; actual durations depend on agency schedules and review comments.
Clear and protect.
Trees inside the work area come down. Silt fence goes up around the disturbance to keep soil on site, and a stone construction entrance keeps mud off US 60.
- Silt fence around the limit of disturbance
- Stone construction entrance at the curb cut
- Wetlands and the rest of the woods stay
Grade and connect.
The pad is graded and the stormwater ponds are dug. Catch basins at the low points of the lot pipe runoff to the ponds, and utilities come in from US 60. A single water and sewer tap serves both buildings.
- Water service
- Sanitary sewer
- Catch basins piped to two stormwater ponds
- Electric
Utility routing shown is illustrative.
Build and pave.
Both buildings go up, structure first, then walls and roof. The loop drive and parking are paved, replacing the construction entrance.
Finish the ground.
Walks, curbs, striping and landscaped islands go in, and the ponds are filled and planted. Once the ground is stabilized, the silt fence comes down.
Opening day.
Customers turn in at the single US 60 entrance. Wash customers follow the loop into the bays; laundromat customers park steps from the door. Everyone leaves the way they came, and through traffic on US 60 keeps moving.
What it looks like from US 60.
This is eye level, about 5½ feet, from the far side of US 60. Hold Compare to today to see the same view as the site looks now.
As it will look.
The completed car wash, laundromat, parking and landscaping, rendered from the plan you just watched get built, seen from above US 60.
Rendering is illustrative; final materials, stormwater features and landscaping are set by the approved plans.
Lot 6 at a glance.
- Site
- 15.01 ac · B-1
- Frontage
- US 60 · ±590 ft
- Buildable upland
- ±8 ac
- Use
- Car wash + laundromat
- Buildings
- 8,225 SF total
- Parking
- 28 spaces
- Access
- 1 entrance, US 60
- Approvals
- ≈ 6–12 months
This walkthrough is a communication tool for project review, built from the county parcel record, the embedded aerial and the preliminary development plan. Terrain is illustrative. It is not for construction; the signed and sealed plan set governs.
