The document that guides the planning activities of the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) is recommending that daily passenger service from Lynchburg to Washington be implemented as the first phase of the TransDominion Express, with a potential start date of 2010 for operations. The Draft Statewide Rail Plan was released this week, […]
The current Advance Mills bridge was closed in April 2007 (Image source: VDOT) The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 6:30 PM to move forward the Advance Mills Bridge replacement project . According to Supervisor Ann Mallek (White Hall), the Board will hear a report […]
If everything goes according to plan, there will be two new public parks open by this time next year, thanks to a County Board of Supervisors vote to create the Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park and the Preddy Creek Park. The Board established the parks unanimously at their meeting on July 2, 2008, as […]
The MPO has scheduled a joint work session for the Charlottesville City Council and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors to discuss the proposed Regional Transit Authority (RTA). The meeting will be held at the Charlottesville Community Design Center on August 5, 2008 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The MPO Policy Board will be […]
Holly Edwards will represent Council on the task force The make-up of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir Stewardship Task Force is slowly becoming known. City Council has appointed Holly Edwards to represent Charlottesville, and the Board of Supervisors has named Dennis Rooker (Jack Jouett) to represent the interests of Albemarle County. The task force was […]
The crowd largely consisted of citizens opposed to changing the land use taxation program An Albemarle County program that grants a reduced tax assessment to property owners who use their land for agricultural purposes will remain unchanged. At their meeting on July 9, 2008, the Board of Supervisors declined to make any changes to land […]
At their July 8, 2008 meeting the Albemarle County Planning Commission recommended conditional approval of a special use permit allowing St. Anne’s Belfield school (STAB) to expand their lower school campus to include middle school as well as elementary school students, raising the maximum number of students allowed on the campus to 550. Of the […]
The conceptual development plan for the Berkmar Business Park. Frank Stoner says the final project will include a mix of uses with buildings of different sizes on each block (Source: Frank Stoner) The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has deferred consideration of the rezoning of the Berkmar Business Park, in part because staff did not […]
The two men in charge of the authorities that deliver water and sewer services to the urbanized section of Albemarle County gave a brief update to the Board of Supervisors on July 2, 2008. Gary Fern, the Executive Director of the Albemarle County Service Authority, began his presentation by wishing the Board a happy New […]
The Forest Lakes Community Association held a town hall meeting at Hollymead Elementary on July 1, 2008 to discuss the safety of the Route 29 intersection where a fatal accident occurred earlier this year. A 16 year old Albemarle High School student, Sydney Aichs, was killed on May 9, 2008 turning out of Forest Lakes […]
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