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| name = Grade-separated interchange at [[Hydraulic Road]] and [[U.S. 29]]
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| location = [[Charlottesville]] 
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| cost = Unknown 
| sponsor = VDOT
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| purpose = Major reconstruction of intersection
| status-desc = Project likely dead with a segmented project proceeding instead, fully funded with Smart Scale
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A plan to build a grade-separated interchange at [[Hydraulic Road]] and [[U.S. 29]] has been debated for many decades but there are no current plans for it to proceed. Such a project was part of VDOT's [[Route 29 Solutions]] package, but a series of additional projects will take place in the vicinity instead. <ref>{{cite web|title=Planning moves forward for Hydraulic-29 crossing|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/26369-planning-moves-forward-for-hydraulic-29-crossing/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=News Article|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=February 14, 2017|accessdate=December 26, 2017}}</ref>

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==Timeline==
*[[January 17]], [[1995]] &ndash; City Council passes resolution opposing grade-separated interchange <ref>{{minutes-citycouncil|when=17 Jan. 1995|id=45414}}</ref> 
*[[October 20]], [[2009]] &ndash; Albemarle County Planning Commission presented with official map showing all parcels of land needed to complete project
*[[June 18]], [[2014]] &ndash; CTB allocates $10 million for preliminary engineering <ref name="done">{{cite web|title=Western Bypass funding eliminated; CTB supports other U.S. 29 projects|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/18369-bypass-funding-eliminated/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=June 18, 2014|accessdate=March 25, 2015}}</ref> 
*[[February]] 2017 &ndash; Planning gets underway for intersection improvements concurrently with a new land-use plan. This would be the [[Hydraulic Small Area Plan]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=Planning moves forward for Hydraulic-29 crossing|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/26369-planning-moves-forward-for-hydraulic-29-crossing/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=News Article|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=February 14, 2017|accessdate=December 26, 2017}}</ref>
*[[March 9]], [[2017]] &ndash; Hydraulic panel meets for the first time <ref>{{cite web|title=Panel begins work of planning for Hydraulic intersection|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/26638-panel-begins-work-of-planning-for-hydraulic-29/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=News Article|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=March 9, 2017|accessdate=December 28, 2017}}</ref>
*January [[2021]] &ndash; The preliminary recommendations from the fourth round of [[Smart Scale]] recommended $5.73 million in funding for a $24 million project to make improvements around the intersection of U.S. 29 and Hydraulic Road. The rest of the funding is leftover from the [[Route 29 Solutions]] projects. <ref name="award">{{cite-infocville|title=Nine out of ten Smart Scale applications recommended for funding|url=https://infocville.com/2021/01/22/nine-out-of-ten-smart-scale-applications-recommended-for-funding/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=|publisher=|location=|publishdate=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 5, 2023}}</ref>

==History==
The grade-separated interchange was recommended by Phase 2 of the [[29H250 Study]]. The project had evolved to utilize a single point urban interchange (SPUI). 

Virginia Secretary of Transportation [[Aubrey Layne]] authorized acceleration of funding for preliminary engineering to begin in fiscal year [[2017]], a year ahead of schedule. <ref>{{cite web|title=Accelerated schedule for Hydraulic planning approved|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/25659-accelerated-schedule-for-hydraulic-planning/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=December 1, 2016|accessdate=December 13, 2016}}</ref>

Funding for the project was used as a match toward a successful [[Smart Scale]] application in the fourth round. <ref name="award" />

==Resources==
*[https://smartportal.virginiahb2.org/#/applications/2022/smartScale/view/F30-0000007223-R01 Application for Smart Scale Round 4 funding]

==References==
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