HomeMy WebLinkAbout09 11 2013 PC MinutesLong Range Transportation Meeting
Water Street Center
407 East Water Street
Charlottesville, Virginia
September 11, 2013 Minutes
Noon
County Commissioners Present
Mr. Calvin Morris -Chair
Mr. Russell (Mac) Lafferty
Mr. Bruce Dotson
Mr. Richard Randolph
Ms. Julia Monteith, AICP, Senior Land Use Planner for University of Virginia
City Planning Commissioners Present
Mr. John Santoski
Ms. Lisa Green
Mr. Dan Rosensweig, Chair
Mr. Kurt Keesecker
Mr. David Neuman
Staff Present:
Missy Creasy, Planning Manager
Elaine Echols, Principal Planner
Andrew Sorrell, Senior Planner
Sarah Rhodes, MPO Program Manager, TJPDC
David Blount, Acting TJPDC Executive Director
Marie Sheetz, Transportation Planner, TJPDC
Chair Cal Morris from Albemarle County and Chair, Dan Rosensweig, from Charlottesville Planning
Commissions called the meeting to order for their respective commissions. The meeting was then
turned over to Sarah Rhodes, the MPO Program Manager from the TJPDC who gave a brief presentation
on the Metropolitan Planning Organization's (MPO) 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan update. She
explained how this is federally funded and what items needed to be included in the plan. She explained
how the plan was developed and the process in which data was collected and analyzed.
The two Commissions asked questions and made the following recommendations:
a) Remove the widening on US 250 at Pantops since it only increases the trips trying to cross
Free Bridge.
b) Keep the widening of US 250 at Shadwell. This would make the stretch from N. Milton Road
to the 1-64 Interchange at Shadwell 4-lanes.
c) Reevaluate the US 29/US 250 widening and determine if other projects being considered
could improve this area without this project, given that this would expend the bulk of the
funding expected.
d) Remove the Milton Road and Black Cat Road projects since these roads do not seem
sustainable in the County.
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e) Model a second connection for vehicles across the Rivanna River from S. Pantops Drive to
High Street to reduce the congestion on Free Bridge. Not only would this provide a straight
shot to Martha Jefferson Hospital but it will help connect the municipal lines.
f) Keep Berkmar Drive Extended.
g) There was minimal discussion on the BRT routes/transit to the airport but consensus
suggested studying BRT on US 29 North is important.
h) There did not seem to be support for an additional interchange on Interstate 64 east of
Shadwell.
Adjournment
With no further items, the Albemarle County Planning Commission adjourned at 1:35 p.m. to the
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 meeting at 6:00 p.m. at the County Office Building, Second Floor,
Auditorium, 401 McIntire Road, Charlottesville, Virginia. N
V. Wayne Cil mberg, Secretary
(Submitted for approval by Sharon C. Taylor, Clerk to Planning Commission & Planning Boards)
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