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United States Route 29 is a significant roadway through Charlottesville and Albemarle County, running approximately east-west through the city.

North of Charlottesville, U.S. 29 is signed Seminole Trail. In October 2006, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors considered a request from the University of Virginia Athletics Department to rename the road from Seminole Trail to Cavalier Way, after the Virginia mascot. The renaming of the road became a front page story in The Daily Progress and the subject of an editorial in the paper. The matter was quickly dropped by the Board of Supervisors and no action was taken.[1]

Opposition to grade separation

"Albemarle County and Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission staff are working with consultants to produce more definitive cost estimates for the five grade separated interchanges proposed along the US 29 North Corridor.

The issue of grade separation has been much debated with deep reservations expressed by the business community regarding the planned transportation network. Specifically, many voiced opposition to grade separated interchanges, noting that they are costly, disruptive to construct, and could have the affect of disconnecting traffic from vital community enterprises along this commercial corridor." Free Enterprise Forum February Forum Watch[citation needed]

Notes

  1. "Seminole Trail becomes Cavalier Way?" Wheeler, Brian A. Weblog post. Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center. N.p., 4 Oct. 2006. Web. 29 June 2009. .

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