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The [[Coal Tower / Meade Avenue Trail]] is a proposed trail that will connect the | The [[Coal Tower / Meade Avenue Trail]] is a proposed trail that will connect the [[Downtown Transit Station]] to [[Meade Park]]. There, it will connect to new sidewalk running along Chesapeake Street as far as [[Riverview 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]]. | 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 | A stretch from 10th Street to the [[Belmont Bridge]] could be built in 2013, according to the city's June 2013 Construction Report.<ref>{{cite web|title=June Construction Report: Parks & Trails|url=http://www.charlottesville.org/index.aspx?page=35|author=|work=|publisher=City of Charlottesville|location=|publishdate=June 2013|accessdate=28 June 2013}}</ref> | ||
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 | 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 Coal Tower / Meade Avenue Trail was listed as an item on the MPO's 2009 [[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> At that time, completion of the trail was planned for the summer of 2009. | |||
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The Coal Tower / Meade Avenue Trail is a proposed trail that will connect the Downtown Transit Station to Meade Park. There, it will connect to new sidewalk running along Chesapeake Street as far as Riverview 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 June 2013 Construction Report.[1] 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.[2]. Funding for it will come from a $300,000 Transportation Enhancement (TEA) grant from Virginia Department of Transportation. The Coal Tower / Meade Avenue Trail was listed as an item on the MPO's 2009 Transportation Improvement Program.[3] At that time, completion of the trail was planned for the summer of 2009.
References
- Consent Agenda, Charlottesville City Council, Meeting date July 20 2009, Retrieved July 20 2009.
- ↑ Web. June Construction Report: Parks & Trails, City of Charlottesville, June 2013, retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ↑ Web. Meade Avenue Trail, City of Charlottesville, retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ↑ 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>