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| meeting =February 27, 2009 - Section 106 Consulting Parties meeting
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| location = City Council Chambers
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| cost =$13,500,000 - Fully funded
| cost =$13,500,000 - Fully funded
| sponsor =VDOT
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| purpose =1. Improve traffic flow between [[Rio Road]] (Route 631) and [[Route 250]] <br> 2. Provide more direct access to and from the Charlottesville downtown area  
| purpose =1. Improve traffic flow between [[Rio Road]] (Route 631) and [[Route 250]] <br> 2. Provide more direct access to and from the Charlottesville downtown area  
| status-desc =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. The City is negotiating to obtain an easement for the [[Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority]].
| status-desc =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. Construction began in August 2011.
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| vdot-dashboard =[http://dashboard.virginiadot.org/Pages/Projects/EngineeringDetailStudies.aspx?prj_nbr=2529 VDOT Dashboard Entry]
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'''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]].
'''McIntire Road Extended''' was the name given to the City of [[Charlottesville]]'s portion of the [[Meadowcreek Parkway]] during planning and construction. It is now known as the [[John Warner Parkway]]. It opened to traffic in January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Charlottesville- Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Area Transportation Projects
Project Status Matrix
|url=http://www.tjpdc.org//agendas_and_minutes/mpoPoli/age_mpoPoli_15_03_25.asp|author=|work=|publisher=Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=March 25, 2015}}</ref>


== Goals ==
== Goals ==
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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]]. That project completed the design process, and it was thought construction would begin in the summer of 2011.


== Status ==
== Status ==
The City Council granted construction easement to [[VDOT]] on October 1, 2007, to be handed over after VDOT completes acquisition of replacement parkland, and upon final approval of a storm water management system. Council also attached a statement of expectations they require from [[Albemarle County]]. VDOT reported in November 2007 that the City will be able to fully fund their portion of the road.
Construction of the road was completed in August 2013. However, the road will not open until 2015, when the [[Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange]] is finished.<ref>{{cite-progress|title=As interchange work progresses, city’s portion of Meadow Creek Parkway is completed|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/as-interchange-work-progresses-city-s-portion-of-meadow-creek/article_485f8f86-fd5b-11e2-8ce1-001a4bcf6878.html|author=|pageno=|printdate=5 Aug 2013|publishdate=4 Aug 2013|accessdate=5 Aug 2013}}</ref> Clearing for the road began in August 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=City Portion of Parkway Officially Under Construction  |url=http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/City_Portion_of_Parkway_Officially_Under_Construction_128035063.html?storySection=comments|author=Chris Stover|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Newsplex|location=|publishdate=August 19, 2011|accessdate=August 19, 2011}}</ref>
 
==History==
 
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<ref>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/>.</ref>.  The Commonwealth Transportation Board did not award a contract until April 2011 because of the length of time it took to complete the Section 106 process. <ref>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></ref>  After several parties signed a memorandum of agreement, the CTB awarded the contract. However, they could not begin construction until after the Corps issued a permit. <ref name="MOA-signed">{{cite web|title=City’s portion of Meadow Creek Parkway set for construction this summer|url=http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2011/04/meadowcreek-construction.html|author=|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=April 28, 2011|accessdate=April 28, 2011}}</ref>


On July 16 2009, the Army Corps of Engineers ceased its required evaluation of the project on grounds that the road had no southern terminus<ref name=armycorpsterminus>[http://wvir.images.worldnow.com/images/incoming/assets/McIntire.pdf Letter to VDOT], Army Corps of Engineers, via NBC29, July 16 2009.</ref>. VDOT intends to provide a response to the Corps such that its evaluation may proceed<ref name=wvircorpsletter>[http://www.nbc29.com/global/story.asp?s=10743994 New Problem for Meadowcreek Parkway] [[NBC29]], July 16 2009.</ref>.
===Memorandum of Agreement===
The Army Corps of Engineers was the lead agency that oversaw the creation of a memorandum of agreement that outlines how impacts to the park and other historic resources will be mitigated. The MOA 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.  


== Opposition ==
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. <ref>{{cite web|title=3rd Draft of the Memorandum of Agreeement|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/docs/200110304-3rd-Draft-MRE-MOA.pdf|author=|work=|publisher=|location=|publishdate=March 4, 2011|accessdate=April 12, 2011}}</ref>
* [http://www.angelfire.com/va3/stamp2025/blog/ STAMP - Sensibile Alternatives to the Meadowcreek Parkway]
 
The MOA was signed on April 22, 2011. <ref name="MOA-signed" /> <ref>{{cite web|title=Memorandum of Agreement among the Norfolk District, Corps of Engineers, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the Virginia State Historic Preservation Officer, the Virginia Department of Transportation, and the City of Charlottesville Relative to the Mcintire Road Extended Project in the City of Charlottesville, Virginia
|url=|author=|work=|publisher=http://www.cvillepedia.org/mediawiki/images/Va.coe.mcintire_road_extended.moa.april_2011.pdf
|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=May 27, 2011}}</ref>
 
[[image:Mcintire-bridge.gif|450px|left]]However, VDOT asked the Corps to drop the permit in July 2011, one day before Judge [[Norman K. Moon]] was scheduled to hear a lawsuit filed by the [[Coalition to Preserve McIntire Park]] that claimed the Corps permit was granted illegally. VDOT has altered its plans to use a bridge to cross a unnamed tributary of Schenks' Branch rather than a box culvert. <ref name="sep2011-update" /> This eliminated the need for the corps permit.
Council will be given an update on the project at their meeting on {{as of|2011|9|6|alt=September 6, 2011}}. <ref>{{cite email|subject=MCP questions|from=Lou Hatter|sourceorg=Virginia Department of Transportation|to=Sean Tubbs|repositoryorg=Charlottesville Tomorrow|senddate=August 22, 2011}}</ref>
 
==Project History==
*October 1, 2007: City Council grants construction easement to VDOT <ref>{{cite web|title=Council grants conditional easement to VDOT for Meadowcreek Parkway construction|url=http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2007/10/mcp_easement.html|author=Sean Tubbs|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=May 3, 2011}}</ref>
*July 16, 2009: Army Corps of Engineers ceases its evaluation of the project on grounds that the road had no southern terminus<ref name=armycorpsterminus>[http://wvir.images.worldnow.com/images/incoming/assets/McIntire.pdf Letter to VDOT], Army Corps of Engineers, via NBC29, July 16 2009.</ref>.
*December 8, 2009: VDOT advertises project for construction bids<ref>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>.</ref>.
*November 15, 2010: Council votes 3-2 to allow city manager to sign memorandum of agreement for mitigation of damage to historical resources<ref>{{cite-progress|title=Council paves way for city's portion of parkway|url=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2010/nov/15/council-paves-way-citys-portion-parkway-ar-655734/|author=Rachana Dixit|pageno=|printdate=November 16, 2010|publishdate=November 15, 2010|accessdate=November 16, 2010|cturl=}}</ref>
*April 20, 2011: CTB awards contract to Key Construction of Clarksville <ref name="MOA-signed" />
*April 22, 2011: Signatory parties sign a memorandum of agreement for mitigation of cultural resources, ending Section 106 process. <ref name="MOA-signed" />
*July 8, 2011: [[Coalition to Preserve McIntire Park]] files request for preliminary injunction to stop road construction. <ref>{{cite-progress|title=Coalition files restraining order on McIntire project|url=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2011/jul/08/coalition-files-restraining-order-mcintire-project-ar-1160771/|author=Staff Reports|pageno=|printdate=July 8, 2011|publishdate=July 8, 2011|accessdate=July 12, 2011|cturl=}}</ref>
*July 19, 2011: VDOT asks to be released from permit and will develop plan to avoid Corps scrutiny
*{{As of|2011|7|21|alt=July 21, 2011}}: Judge Norman Moon scheduled to hold hearing to determine whether to grant injunction, but hearing canceled
*September 6, 2011: Council received update on project. <ref name="sep2011-update">{{cite web|title=VDOT moving forward with Meadow Creek Parkway construction|url=http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2011/09/meadowcreek-update.html|author=Sean Tubbs|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=September 28, 2011}}</ref>
 
 
 
See [[Meadowcreek Parkway]] for a full planning history.


==Map==
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== References==
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.charlottesville.org/Index.aspx?page=2031 City's Meadowcreek Parkway Page]
*[http://www.charlottesville.org/Index.aspx?page=2031 City's Meadowcreek Parkway Page]
*[http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/docs/20110303-MRE-Construction-Plans.pdf Electronic copy of construction plans]


== Notes ==
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[[Category: Transportation Matrix]]
[[Category: Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) items]]
[[Category: Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) items]]

Revision as of 14:43, 25 March 2015


McIntire Road Extended
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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
Location City Council Chambers
Sponsor VDOT
Next meeting NA

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. Construction began in August 2011.

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

McIntire Road Extended was the name given to the City of Charlottesville's portion of the Meadowcreek Parkway during planning and construction. It is now known as the John Warner Parkway. It opened to traffic in January 2015.[1]

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. That project completed the design process, and it was thought construction would begin in the summer of 2011.

Status

Construction of the road was completed in August 2013. However, the road will not open until 2015, when the Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange is finished.[2] Clearing for the road began in August 2011.[3]

History

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[4]. The Commonwealth Transportation Board did not award a contract until April 2011 because of the length of time it took to complete the Section 106 process. [5] After several parties signed a memorandum of agreement, the CTB awarded the contract. However, they could not begin construction until after the Corps issued a permit. [6]

Memorandum of Agreement

The Army Corps of Engineers was the lead agency that oversaw the creation of a memorandum of agreement that outlines how impacts to the park and other historic resources will be mitigated. The MOA 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. [7]

The MOA was signed on April 22, 2011. [6] [8]

Mcintire-bridge.gif

However, VDOT asked the Corps to drop the permit in July 2011, one day before Judge Norman K. Moon was scheduled to hear a lawsuit filed by the Coalition to Preserve McIntire Park that claimed the Corps permit was granted illegally. VDOT has altered its plans to use a bridge to cross a unnamed tributary of Schenks' Branch rather than a box culvert. [9] This eliminated the need for the corps permit.

Council will be given an update on the project at their meeting on September 6, 2011. [10]

Project History

  • October 1, 2007: City Council grants construction easement to VDOT [11]
  • July 16, 2009: Army Corps of Engineers ceases its evaluation of the project on grounds that the road had no southern terminus[12].
  • December 8, 2009: VDOT advertises project for construction bids[13].
  • November 15, 2010: Council votes 3-2 to allow city manager to sign memorandum of agreement for mitigation of damage to historical resources[14]
  • April 20, 2011: CTB awards contract to Key Construction of Clarksville [6]
  • April 22, 2011: Signatory parties sign a memorandum of agreement for mitigation of cultural resources, ending Section 106 process. [6]
  • July 8, 2011: Coalition to Preserve McIntire Park files request for preliminary injunction to stop road construction. [15]
  • July 19, 2011: VDOT asks to be released from permit and will develop plan to avoid Corps scrutiny
  • July 21, 2011: Judge Norman Moon scheduled to hold hearing to determine whether to grant injunction, but hearing canceled
  • September 6, 2011: Council received update on project. [9]


See Meadowcreek Parkway for a full planning history.

Map

References

  1. Web. [http://www.tjpdc.org//agendas_and_minutes/mpoPoli/age_mpoPoli_15_03_25.asp Charlottesville- Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Area Transportation Projects Project Status Matrix], Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission, retrieved March 25, 2015.
  2. Web. As interchange work progresses, city’s portion of Meadow Creek Parkway is completed, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, 4 Aug 2013, retrieved 5 Aug 2013.
  3. Web. City Portion of Parkway Officially Under Construction, Chris Stover, Charlottesville Newsplex, August 19, 2011, retrieved August 19, 2011.
  4. 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/>.
  5. 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>
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Web. City’s portion of Meadow Creek Parkway set for construction this summer, Charlottesville Tomorrow, April 28, 2011, retrieved April 28, 2011.
  7. Web. 3rd Draft of the Memorandum of Agreeement, March 4, 2011, retrieved April 12, 2011.
  8. Web. [ Memorandum of Agreement among the Norfolk District, Corps of Engineers, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the Virginia State Historic Preservation Officer, the Virginia Department of Transportation, and the City of Charlottesville Relative to the Mcintire Road Extended Project in the City of Charlottesville, Virginia], http://www.cvillepedia.org/mediawiki/images/Va.coe.mcintire_road_extended.moa.april_2011.pdf, retrieved May 27, 2011.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Web. VDOT moving forward with Meadow Creek Parkway construction, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, retrieved September 28, 2011.
  10. E-mail. Lou Hatter, Virginia Department of Transportation. "MCP questions." Message to Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow. August 22, 2011.
  11. Web. Council grants conditional easement to VDOT for Meadowcreek Parkway construction, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, retrieved May 3, 2011.
  12. Letter to VDOT, Army Corps of Engineers, via NBC29, July 16 2009.
  13. 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>.
  14. Web. Council paves way for city's portion of parkway, Rachana Dixit, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, November 15, 2010, retrieved November 16, 2010.
  15. Web. Coalition files restraining order on McIntire project, Staff Reports, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, July 8, 2011, retrieved July 12, 2011.


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