In the summer of 2022, Albemarle County learned it had been awarded $2 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to plan for a shared use path plan from the Blue Ridge Tunnel to Charlottesville through Crozet. The project name is the Three Notched Road.
As 2025 gets underway, Albemarle has selected the firm Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (VHB) to conduct a master plan that will take just under two years to complete.
“This path will connect residents and visitors to education, employment, and recreational opportunities in western Albemarle County, the City of Charlottesville, and Nelson County,” an information release quotes Jessica Hersh-Ballering, a principal planner in Albemarle.
The technical work will identify an alignment for the trail and identify which segments might be built first. There will be public meetings, an online survey, and other ways to get community feedback. To actually build the trail, the county and other stakeholders will need to identify funding.
The idea dates back to a concept developed in the early 1990’s by the Rivanna Trails Foundation. The original project website has been updated with the new information.
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