AGENDA DATE: 6/12/2024
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Smart Scale Applications
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Resolution in support of Smart Scale project applications within Albemarle County
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Herrick, Filardo, Barnes, McDermott, Swartzendruber, Hersh-Ballering
PRESENTER (S): Hersh-Ballering
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: The Smart Scale grant program is the primary method for funding large-scale transportation projects in Virginia. The program provides state funds for the design/engineering, right-of-way, and construction of transportation projects. Localities, Planning District Commissions, and Metropolitan Planning Organizations can apply for Smart Scale funding every two years.
Albemarle County can submit up to four Smart Scale applications each funding cycle, and the Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization (C-A MPO) and the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC) are each allowed to submit up to four applications. Recent Smart Scale process changes adopted by the Commonwealth Transportation Board now limit the types of projects that can be submitted by Planning District Commissions and Metropolitan Planning Organizations.
Two projects exclusively within Albemarle County fit the new project type requirements and are being submitted by the C-A MPO on the County's behalf. Two other projects within both Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville also fit the new project type requirements and are being submitted by the C-A MPO. The C-A MPO Policy Board is expected to provide a resolution for these four projects at its May 2024 meeting.
The TJPDC is not submitting any applications on behalf of any of its member jurisdictions.
The Board previously reviewed a list of potential Smart Scale projects as part of the February 7, 2024 Transportation Planning Quarterly Report presentation; a refined list of potential Smart Scale proj...
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