The Commonwealth Transportation Board will meet in Culpeper on Monday to get feedback on potential changes to the way projects are funded in Virginia. The event is part of a statewide set of meetings on changes to the Smart Scale funding process. “I think, overall, Smart Scale is a success and does a good job […]
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Albemarle eyeing future transportation projects
The Virginia Department of Transportation will not accept new project proposals until next year, but an Albemarle planner presented the Board of Supervisors with possible submissions Wednesday. Transportation Planner Kevin McDermott has reviewed all of the transportation projects called for in all of the county’s planning documents and ranked them. “I took that information and […]
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Roundabout coming to U.S. 250 near Crozet
Albemarle supervisors were briefed on several transportation projects Wednesday, including the news that a roundabout will be coming to the intersection of U.S. 250 and Route 240, east of Crozet and near the Mechums River bridge and railroad trestle. “It did not get funded through the SmartScale process,” said Joel DeNunzio, administrator of the Virginia […]
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Albemarle projects score well in initial steps of VDOT funding process
Five road projects in Albemarle County and one in Charlottesville have received qualifying scores in the first phase of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Smart Scale prioritization process. “This is the very beginning of a five-month discussion about these projects,” Nick Donohue, Virginia’s assistant secretary of transportation said Tuesday, shortly after scores were revealed to […]
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Council moves forward on streetscape projects
The Charlottesville City Council has begun the process of accepting nearly $30 million in state funding to reconfigure three city streets. “The funding provides the necessary resources for design, right-of-way and construction,” said city engineer Tony Edwards at Tuesday’s council meeting. No citizens spoke during a public hearing for three projects funded through the Virginia […]
