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The Meadowcreek Parkway project was split to allow both county and city jurisdictions to accrue separate pools of money for the road.  
The Meadowcreek Parkway project was split to allow both county and city jurisdictions to accrue separate pools of money for the road.  


One of the conditions of [[City Council]] is that the road cannot be built without a [[Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange|grade-separated interchange]] at its intersection with [[Route 250]]. That project is currently going through the design process.  
One of the conditions of [[City Council]] is that the road cannot be built without a [[Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange|grade-separated interchange]] at its intersection with [[Route 250]]. {{As of|2011}} That project completed the design process, and the construction is set to begin in the summer of 2011.


== Status ==
== Status ==

Revision as of 11:11, 27 April 2011


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McIntire Road Extended
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Planned

Project Overview

1. Improve traffic flow between Rio Road (Route 631) and Route 250
2. Provide more direct access to and from the Charlottesville downtown area
Cost $13,500,000 - Fully funded
Sponsor VDOT
Next meeting TBA

Status Update

This is the section of the Meadowcreek Parkway project from the 250 Bypass to Melbourne Road, and is the City of Charlottesville's portion of the project. Project cannot be advertised until the Section 106 process is complete, and until right of way negotiations are concluded. VDOT has advertised the project for bids.

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Contact Greg Krystyniak, Project Manager, Location & Design Section, VDOT Culpeper District

McIntire Road Extended is the name given to the City of Charlottesville's portion of the Meadowcreek Parkway. It is a project listed on the MPO's Transportation Improvement Program.

Goals

The project's stated purpose is to:

  1. Improve traffic flow between Rio Road (Route 631) and Route 250
  2. Provide more direct access to and from the Charlottesville downtown area

City's portion and requirements

The Meadowcreek Parkway project was split to allow both county and city jurisdictions to accrue separate pools of money for the road.

One of the conditions of City Council is that the road cannot be built without a grade-separated interchange at its intersection with Route 250. As of 2011 That project completed the design process, and the construction is set to begin in the summer of 2011.

Status

VDOT advertised the project for construction bids on December 8, 2009, and the lowest bid of $3.37 million was submitted by Key Construction Co. Inc., based in Clarksville[1]. However, the Army Corps of Engineers has not yet completed its Section 106 review. VDOT will not award a bit until that process is complete[2].


Memorandum of Agreement

The Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing the creation of a memorandum of agreement that outlines how impacts to the park and other historic resources will be mitigated. A third draft was circulated among parties in March 2011. [3]

Though the MOA has not yet been signed, it requires an integrated landscape plan and mandates a maximum speed limit of 35 mph on the road. It also requires that VDOT provide photographic documentation and written history of McIntire Park and the McIntire Golf Course for purposes of historic posterity. VDOT also must create an exhibit to commemorate the park and the golf course.

Signatories to the MOA are the Norfolk District of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Virginia State Historic Preservation Officer, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the Virginia Department of Transportation, and the City of Charlottesville. Concurring parties are the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce, Albemarle County, the Dogwood Vietnam Memorial Committee, the Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club, Preservation Piedmont, Sensible Alternatives to the Meadowcreek Parkway, the Thomas Jefferson Branch of Preservation Virginia, and Richard Collins. [4]

Project History

  • October 1, 2007: City Council grants construction easement to VDOT
  • July 16, 2009: Army Corps of Engineers ceases its evaluation of the project on grounds that the road had no southern terminus[5].
  • December 8, 2009: VDOT advertises project for construction bids[6].
  • November 15, 2010: Council votes 3-2 to allow city manager to sign memorandum of agreement for mitigation of damage to historical resources[7]


See Meadowcreek Parkway for a full planning history.

Map

External Links

Notes

  1. Dixit, Rachana. "City parkway bids come in low | Charlottesville Daily Progress." Charlottesville news, sports, business, events and jobs | Charlottesville Daily Progress. 19 Feb. 2010. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. <http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/city_parkway_bids_come_in_low/52535/>.
  2. Tubbs, Sean J. "City’s portion of Meadowcreek Parkway advertised for bid." Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center. Charlottesville Tomorrow, 10 Dec. 2009. Web. 11 Dec. 2009. <http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2009/12/meadowcreek_pkwy.html>.
  3. Web. Army Corps of Engineers Cover Letter for 3rd Draft of Memorandum of Agreement, William T. Walker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, March 4, 2011, retrieved April 12, 2011.
  4. Web. 3rd Draft of the Memorandum of Agreeement, March 4, 2011, retrieved April 12, 2011.
  5. Letter to VDOT, Army Corps of Engineers, via NBC29, July 16 2009.
  6. Tubbs, Sean J. "City’s portion of Meadowcreek Parkway advertised for bid." Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center. Charlottesville Tomorrow, 10 Dec. 2009. Web. 11 Dec. 2009. <http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2009/12/meadowcreek_pkwy.html>.
  7. Web. Council paves way for city's portion of parkway, Rachana Dixit, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, November 15, 2010, retrieved November 16, 2010.