A computer scientist who has developed software to track vehicle speeds on Charlottesville streets is now gathering data from two more locations and wants city officials to take notice. “The city has a problem with speeding, and the question is, how do you control it?” said Paul Reynolds, a professor emeritus at the University of […]
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Council approves study to rezone parts of Fry’s Spring neighborhood
The Charlottesville City Council has agreed to consider a request from the Fry’s Spring Neighborhood Association to study rezoning of three streets. “Essentially, they are asking for the properties on Stribling, Crestmont and Shamrock to be downzoned,” said Jim Tolbert, director of the city’s Neighborhood Development Services. Specifically, the neighborhood association has been asking for […]
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City staff answers questions on Old Lynchburg Road project
For years, Fry’s Spring resident Jeanne Chase has been asking for the city of Charlottesville to make her street safer for pedestrians. But now that work to improve Old Lynchburg Road is nearing completion, the retired teacher wants answers from the city about what she considers to be shoddy work by the project’s former contractor. […]
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Council changes funding source for Emmet Street improvements
A proposal to take money from a nearly finished transportation project in Charlottesville to pay for improvements at the intersection of Hydraulic Road and U.S. 29 met with opposition at the City Council’s meeting Tuesday. “Please do not shift any money away from the Old Lynchburg Road project before it is 100 percent completed with […]
