The regional group that coordinates transportation planning in Charlottesville and Albemarle County has chosen Free Bridge as the project it will submit to the Virginia Department of Transportation for funding. “This is a really important project for our jurisdictions,” said Councilor Kathy Galvin, a member of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization’s board of directors. “[Free […]
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MPO considers two projects to relieve Pantops traffic congestion
The group that makes decisions about transportation projects in Albemarle and Charlottesville considered two new projects Wednesday that would address traffic congestion at the bridge over the Rivanna River on the city-county border. One project would add more lanes to Free Bridge, and the other would improve the roadway’s intersections at High Street and Route […]
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Free Bridge alternatives subject of open house
A yearlong exercise to evaluate projects that would reduce traffic congestion on Free Bridge is nearing an end, and the results are set to be displayed this evening at an open house in downtown Charlottesville. “We have been taking the approach of a very open and inclusive dialog and having a community-based discussion about traffic […]
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Group advances alternatives for Free Bridge congestion relief study
A group formed to evaluate solutions to traffic congestion on Free Bridge spent two hours earlier this week poring over large maps of the Pantops area, brainstorming possible ideas. Among the out-of-the box concepts presented were building a light rail line, improving driver education about existing alternative routes and finding a way to remove a […]
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MPO debates future of Free Bridge, city-county road connections
The group that makes decisions on future transportation planning has eliminated further consideration of the widening of U.S. 250 on Pantops to six lanes between Free Bridge and Interstate 64. “I don’t see a lot of space to widen that road, and regardless of what we do, it’s still going to put all that traffic […]
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Long-range transportation planning continues
More than 40 people braved the rain Wednesday to weigh in on the third round of scenarios presented by transportation planners at the Metropolitan Planning Organization. “The round 3 scenarios are looking at projects that are capacity-building for road and transit to determine those that we want in our preferred scenario,” said Sarah Rhodes, director […]
