Sunset-Fontaine Connector

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Fontaine/Sunset Connector
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Planned

Project Overview

Road interconnection between Fontaine Ave and Sunset Avenue/Old Lynchburg Road area in County. Expected alignment traverses the Granger Property and the UVA Fontaine Research Park. Cost includes bridge over railroad tracks.
Cost $12,800,000
Sponsor Albemarle
Next meeting TBA

Status Update

Part of Area B Study - The County, City and the University of Virginia continue to discuss the road, and most recently it was a topic of a PACC meeting.

Contact David Benish, Chief of Planning, Albemarle County

Map

Project details

The Fontaine/Sunset Connector is a proposed road to connect Fontaine Avenue in the City of Charlottesville with Sunset Avenue/Old Lynchburg Road in Albemarle County. The road was one of the recommendations of the Southern Urban Area B Study in September 2004. While the road is still in the conceptual stage, the expected alignment traverses the Granger Property and the University of Virginia's Fontaine Research Park. The $12,800,000 project includes a bridge over railroad tracks.

The County, City and the University of Virginia will all take place in the negotiations to construct this proposed connector. As such, the primary forum for negotiations is the PACC.

The Fontaine/Sunset Connector is currently priority #8 on the County's Six Year Plan for Secondary Roads for Fiscal Year 2009.[1]


Status

This project is part of the Southern Urban Area B Study. Planning is currently in the conceptual stage.

Meeting history

  • May 19, 2009: At a PACC meeting, Leonard Sandridge says the University will not pay for off-site improvements as part of a rezoning effort[2]
  • July 16, 2009: At a PACC Tech meeting, County Planner Wayne Cilimberg says Charlottesville and Albemarle County would like the MPO Tech committee to discuss possible alignments for the road[3]

External Links

Notes

  1. County's Strategic Priorites for Albemarle County Priority List for Secondary Road Improvements
  2. Tubbs, Sean J. "County, City planners seeking updated plans for Fontaine-Sunset Connector; Sandridge says UVA will not contribute to road needs outside research park." Weblog post. Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center. Charlottesville Tomorrow, 17 July 2009. Web. 27 July 2009. <http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2009/07/fontaine_sunset_news.html>.
  3. Tubbs, Sean J. "County, City planners seeking updated plans for Fontaine-Sunset Connector; Sandridge says UVA will not contribute to road needs outside research park." Weblog post. Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center. Charlottesville Tomorrow, 17 July 2009. Web. 27 July 2009. <http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2009/07/fontaine_sunset_news.html>.