Another transportation project is moving forward in Crozet following the recent opening of a roundabout at the intersection of U.S. 250 and Route 240. The Albemarle Board of Supervisors learned this week that a park-and-ride lot at Interstate 64’s exit 107 received a notice to proceed on March 30.
“The fixed completion date of that project is this coming December 30th, so you should see a lot of movement on that project here very soon,” said Carrie Shepheard, resident engineer of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Charlottesville residency.
Work also continues on purchasing right of way for a project called Fifth Street Hub and Trails and Shepheard said the goal is to get that work advertised for construction bids in May.
“Once it goes to advertisement and it’s awarded, construction should start roughly three months after that,” Shepheard said.
Other projects are in construction such as a roundabout at Fifth Street and Old Lynchburg Road that is part of what VDOT refers to as Intersection Design-Build Bundle #2. Another of those elements will be a roundabout where the John Warner Parkway meets Rio Road East and Shepheard said that will soon be under construction.
Another bundle of three projects includes the long-awaited Fontaine Streetscape, a reconfiguration of Fontaine’s interchange with the U.S. 250 Bypass, and a roundabout at District Avenue and Hydraulic on the Albemarle-Charlotesville border. Shepherd said it will be up to the contractor to determine the order in which those projects will proceed.
Final completion of the new Crozet roundabout is expected this summer. Supervisor Ann Mallek thanked VDOT for their work.
“When the Route 240, U.S. 250, Route 680 [intersection] opened, it was immediately such a great improvement,” Mallek said. “Even during construction, it was an improvement from the old days.”
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