Coal Tower / Meade Avenue Trail: Difference between revisions

From Cvillepedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(city project, not a county one)
(updated)
Line 18: Line 18:
}}{{transport-stub}}
}}{{transport-stub}}


The [[Coal Tower / Meade Avenue Trail]] is a proposed trail that will connect the [[Coal Tower trail]] with [[Meade Park]]. Funding will come from a $300,000 Transportation Enhancement (TEA) grant from [[VDOT|Virginia Department of Transportation]]. The trail is currently in{{when}} the final design stages and could be under construction in the spring of 2011. The item is on the MPO's [[Transportation Improvement Program]]<ref name=TIP>FY09-12 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. Rep. [[Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization]]. Web. 13 Oct. 2009. <http://www.tjpdc.org/pdf/TIP/FINAL_%20FY09%20TIP.pdf></ref>.
The [[Coal Tower / Meade Avenue Trail]] is a proposed trail that will connect the eastern end of [[Water Street]] to [[Meade Park]].
The trail will be built in three phases. The section between [[Beer Run]] and 10th Street will be built in conjunction with the [[City Walk]] development and paid for by City Walk owner Coran Capshaw of [[Red Light Management]].
A stretch from 10th Street to the [[Belmont Bridge]] could be built in 2013, according to the city's Capital Improvement Program budget.
The third leg, running along the east side of Meade Avenue between [[Beer Run]] and Meade Park, is scheduled to be built by December 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meade Avenue Trail|url=http://www.charlottesville.org/Index.aspx?page=3450|author=|work=|publisher=City of Charlottesville|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=27 June 2013}}</ref>. Funding for it will come from a $300,000 Transportation Enhancement (TEA) grant from [[VDOT|Virginia Department of Transportation]]. The item is on the MPO's [[Transportation Improvement Program]]<ref name=TIP>FY09-12 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. Rep. [[Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization]]. Web. 13 Oct. 2009. <http://www.tjpdc.org/pdf/TIP/FINAL_%20FY09%20TIP.pdf></ref>.
 


The trail will be  built in several phases. The city has applied for a VDOT transportation enhancement grant for a stretch between Meade Park and Meade Avenue. The section between [[Beer Run]] and 10th Street will be built when the [[Coal Tower development]] is built. A stretch from 10th Street to the [[Belmont Bridge]] will be built in 2011, according to city trail planner [[Chris Gensic]]. <ref>{{cite email|subject=coal tower question|from=Chris Gensic|sourceorg=City of Charlottesville|to=Sean Tubbs|repositoryorg=Charlottesville Tomorrow|senddate=March 21, 2011}}</ref>





Revision as of 17:01, 27 June 2013



Coal Tower / Meade Avenue Trail

Proposed

Project Overview

Establish multi-modal trail as parallel alternative to Route 29
Location Charlottesville
Sponsor Charlottesville

Status Update

In final design stages


Streetcar-photo-sim.jpg This Transportation-related article is a stub. You can help cvillepedia by expanding it.

The Coal Tower / Meade Avenue Trail is a proposed trail that will connect the eastern end of Water Street to Meade Park. The trail will be built in three phases. The section between Beer Run and 10th Street will be built in conjunction with the City Walk development and paid for by City Walk owner Coran Capshaw of Red Light Management. A stretch from 10th Street to the Belmont Bridge could be built in 2013, according to the city's Capital Improvement Program budget. The third leg, running along the east side of Meade Avenue between Beer Run and Meade Park, is scheduled to be built by December 2013.[1]. Funding for it will come from a $300,000 Transportation Enhancement (TEA) grant from Virginia Department of Transportation. The item is on the MPO's Transportation Improvement Program[2].



References

  1. Web. Meade Avenue Trail, City of Charlottesville, retrieved 27 June 2013.
  2. FY09-12 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. Rep. Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization. Web. 13 Oct. 2009. <http://www.tjpdc.org/pdf/TIP/FINAL_%20FY09%20TIP.pdf>