A project to rebuild Interstate 64’s interchange with U.S. 29 is ranked near the bottom of a list of statewide transportation projects, but area officials still will plan for ways to revamp Exit 118. “It doesn’t mean the need decreases for our region,” said Chip Boyles, the executive director of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District […]
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I-64-U.S. 29 interchange overhaul ranked near bottom of state priorities
A $146 million project to rebuild the interchange of U.S. 29 and Interstate 64 at Exit 118 has been ranked close to the bottom of a list of Virginia’s transportation priorities. The interchange has multiple safety hazards, including an incomplete “cloverleaf” design that requires northbound traffic on U.S. 29 to cross the southbound lanes before […]
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Charlottesville lining up funding for bike, pedestrian projects
Charlottesville’s Department of Neighborhood Services has spent much of the last two years working on a series of transportation-related planning initiatives. And as the plans are finalized, the city is lining up funding for implementation. State transportation grants are expected to help fund intersection improvements, new sidewalks and safer walking routes to schools for students. […]
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MPO considers priorities for unallocated long-range plan funding
The Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization began wrestling with an important question Wednesday: How to use nearly $100 million of unallocated transportation funding expected through the year 2040? For many years, the MPO has complained it was on the short end of state transportation investments. With the demise of the Western Bypass of U.S. 29, funds […]
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State transportation official explains new prioritization rules
The way Virginia decides what transportation projects will receive funding is changing, and state officials are seeking input from local leaders on how new policies will be drafted. “I see this as the next step in the evolution of Virginia’s transportation program,” said Nick Donahue, Virginia’s deputy secretary of transportation. Beginning in July 2016, the […]
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Western Bypass funding eliminated; CTB supports other U.S. 29 projects
The Commonwealth Transportation Board has eliminated funding for the defunct Western Bypass, and has transferred $230 million to other projects designed to increase mobility on U.S. 29. “By 2015 at the latest, we will begin turning dirt on this key stretch of U.S. 29,” said Governor Terry McAuliffe in comments Wednesday to the CTB. Money […]
