Charlottesville officials knew they were not going to be able to complete the project on a timely basis given that there are still projects from 2016 that have not yet been built.
The title of Sanders’ presentation was “Setting a New Standard and Managing Expectations” and will need approval from Council to get the funding in place
There were several speakers who called on Charlottesville to do more to protect pedestrians
Details on various projects working their way through the public procurement process in Charlottesville, including a request for firms to provide service to the 31 vending machines owned by the City of Charlottesville.
The sidewalk improvement project was a condition of the Planning Commission’s support for a rezoning for 170 units on 12 acres in the Fry’s Spring neighborhood.
The prohibition on left-turns from Hydraulic Road onto U.S. 29 is intended to increase times that vehicles can move through the intersection. That also creates more time for people to walk through the pedestrian improvements planned as part of the project.
Albemarle staff will update the dashboard on a quarterly basic to give a broad overview of what projects are in development. There are also links to plans. What do you want to know about?
The $2.5 million project will be used to add sidewalk improvements to Front Street in Lovingston.
The discussion on sidewalk priorities comes after presentations from the United Way and LEAP.
Charlottesville is building up its internal capacity to build sidewalks and wants input on the draft priority list.