The developer of a 439-unit community in the works in Greene County is proposing to make changes to a portion of U.S. 33 that is currently a four-lane highway with use restrictions.
“The applicant proposes to modify the limited access section to create a right-in, right-out access to Blue Ridge Meadows, a proposed development between U.S. 33 Bypass and U.S 33 Business,” reads a public notice published in the December 5, 2024 Charlottesville Daily Progress.
The Virginia Department of Public Transportation is taking public comment on the application through December 23. One question is whether there is enough support for a public hearing. Written questions are to be made to Carrie Shepheard at 701 VDOT Way, Charlottesville, VA, 22911.
The developer had originally sought 500 units on the property and had pursued a rezoning of the land to Planned Unit Development. The Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 in September 2023 to deny the proposal.
The project has moved forward anyway but the number of units was reduced to 439 in order to proceed by-right. There are 114 units within the town limits of Stanardsville right the rest in the county. Both the Greene County and Town of Stanardsville approved a subdivision plan in August.
Photo credit: The subdivision plan for the Blue Ridge Meadows neighborhood in the planning stages. You can see the right-in right-out exit at the bottom middle of the image. (Credit: Shimp Engineering)
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