Work officially has begun on an update of a plan intended to guide future development of one of Albemarle County’s designated growth areas. County officials held a community meeting Monday to begin gathering input on a revision of the Pantops Master Plan. “This is not a complete redo,” said Cal Morris, chairman of the Pantops […]
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Albemarle to begin update of Pantops area master plan
As Albemarle County prepares for more population growth in its urban ring, the attention of the Board of Supervisors will turn this year to renewing a document intended to guide the development of one of its urban communities. Supervisors have not updated the Pantops Master Plan since it was adopted in 2008, but they […]
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Albemarle supervisors approve Pantops crosswalk
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors took action Wednesday night that soon could bring a pedestrian crosswalk across U.S. 250 on Pantops. “It would connect the new State Farm Boulevard sidewalk across Route 250 to the sidewalk that runs parallel to Route 250 in front of Chick-fil-A,” said Blake Abplanalp, chief of the county’s […]
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State Farm selling 21 acres, vacating smaller office space
In a move company officials said is nothing unusual, State Farm Insurance is selling 21.45 acres it owns on Pantops Mountain and vacating 41,000 square feet of office space in Peter Jefferson Place. The office space the company is leaving is separate from State Farm’s large operations center at the intersection of South Pantops Drive, […]
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Albemarle Supervisors divided on Pantops pedestrian bridge
A study of potential pedestrian crossings on U.S. 250 on Pantops and U.S. 29 north of Charlottesville will be delayed until the new Albemarle Board of Supervisors can set priorities for infrastructure to make the county more walkable. The decision to not proceed with the study was made after some supervisors expressed concerns that a […]
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Albemarle to decide in January on Pantops pedestrian bridge study
A key goal of the 2008 Pantops Master Plan was to find ways to make it safer to travel without using a vehicle, but some Albemarle County residents are not satisfied that enough has been done to support the rapidly developing growth area. “We need a pedestrian bridge to join both sides of Richmond Road […]
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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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Albemarle supervisors suspend Places29 panel
In one of its last actions of 2014, the Albemarle Board of Supervisors temporarily halted the work of a volunteer group that advises the board on development and infrastructure projects in the county’s northern urban area. “The Places29 Citizen Advisory Council seems to struggle quite a bit and I have waited and waited […]
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Pantops residents seek safe ways to cross U.S. 250
As the Pantops area in Albemarle County continues to grow, some of its newer residents are calling on elected officials to make it safer to cross U.S. 250. “My husband and I bought our townhome in 2010 because we liked the walkability of the neighborhood,” said Latha Masters, a resident of the Pavilions at Pantops. […]
