New dashboard tracks spending from federal infrastructure program

It is now 22 months to the day that President Joe Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law which is intended to fund projects across the entire nation. Since then, localities in Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District have been awarded $19.2 million for projects.  That’s according to an interactive database and map unveiled by the National League…

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Charlottesville makes official notice of availability of affordable housing funds 

One of the three main recommendations of the Affordable Housing Plan adopted by Charlottesville City Council in March 2021 was to appropriate $10 million each year towards that purpose.  There were also recommendations that Charlottesville “establish clear, transparent, and competitive processes to award grants and loans for affordable housing.”   The city has separated all of the funding…

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Fluvanna Board of Supervisors to decide on method for solar taxation, update JRWA agreement 

The five member Board of Supervisors in Fluvanna County will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Carysbrook Performing Arts Center at 8880 James Madison Highway in Fork Union. (meeting packet) There are three action items. There are five presentations. There are no items under unfinished or new business.  Before you go: The time to write…

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Charlottesville’s future affordable housing manual published

The first hearing on the draft Development Ordinance for the City of Charlottesville is set for Thursday, September 14.  Last week, the city’s Department of Neighborhood Development services published a consolidated version of three modules of the future zoning code which will inform how future buildings can be constructed. The zoning follows the general theme…

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Albemarle Supervisors briefed on transportation projects including cost escalation for Eastern Avenue South in Crozet 

Every three months staff from Albemarle’s Community Development Department checks in with elected officials on the status of transportation projects. This mostly recently happened at the Board of Supervisors’ meeting on August 2.  Transportation planner Jessica Hersh-Ballering noted that the Commonwealth Transportation Board’s final vote on Smart Scale projects this past June included a project…

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Your feedback sought for two “pipeline” studies for future transportation projects

There is a lot of growth happening across the entire region and there is endless planning work intended to inform the next set of projects to build infrastructure to handle all of the traffic. At any given point, the Virginia Department of Transportation has multiple studies underway to come up with the next of candidate…

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