WILLIAMSBURG — The city is giving Colonial Williamsburg the go-ahead to operate a new arrival center for tourists.

Williamsburg City Council approved two special use permits on Thursday for the Lafayette Arrival Area and for a parking plan on 427 Franklin St., currently the site of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s support facilities building.

The building would be redeveloped into a 3,400-square-foot arrival center with 443 parking spaces. The current visitor center, located on 101 Visitor Center Drive, will remain.

The center is intended to be a greeting point for visitors arriving to Colonial Williamsburg by car or by bus.

The center will provide close parking to the Downtown Historic Area, which has been requested of the foundation in recent years, said Thomas Wysong, the city

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