Design work for a grade-separated interchange at U.S. 29 and Rio Road, as well as other projects along the corridor, will get underway next week when an advisory panel holds its inaugural meeting. “Survey and geotechnical crews are going to be out on U.S. 29 starting to do a little bit of assessment,” said Albemarle […]
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Details emerge on potential U.S. 29 congestion solutions
A panel convened to suggest an alternative to the Western Bypass has been given details of three potential scenarios, including an expressway concept that would dedicate center lanes solely to through-traffic moving entirely through the corridor. This expressway, in effect a bypass within the existing roadway, could be built by restricting the number of left-hand […]
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Charlottesville agrees to join Albemarle on adaptive traffic signals
Charlottesville’s City Council has agreed to double the amount the city will spend on a collaboration with Albemarle County to synchronize almost three dozen traffic lights on U.S. 29 using “intelligent” technology. Councilors voted unanimously Monday to reallocate $450,000 from the so-called Best Buy ramp project to connect 11 city signals with 21 county intersections […]
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Winner of Vortex public prize: Replace U.S. 29 parking lots with homes
A future where one-story shopping centers on U.S. 29 are replaced with multi-story buildings in which people live, work and shop is the vision of the team that won both the student and public prizes at the University of Virginia School of Architecture’s third annual “vortex.” The weeklong exercise asked architecture students to imagine how […]
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Adaptive traffic signals coming to U.S. 29
An integrated system to control all of the traffic lights along the U.S. 29 corridor in Albemarle County and Charlottesville will be installed this summer, but the final cost is not yet known. “Our goal is to have that troubleshooting done prior to [University of Virginia] students coming back in the fall for their next […]
