AGENDA DATE: 7/3/2019
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2019 Transportation Priorities Update
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Board review and approval of the 2019 update to the Albemarle County Transportation Priorities List
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Kamptner, Graham, Benish, McDermott
PRESENTER (S): Kevin McDermott
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: Staff is presenting the Albemarle County Transportation Priorities List 2019 to the Board for approval. This list assists in directing staff resources and funding towards transportation projects over the next two-year grant and funding cycle. The ranked list is intended to provide guidance only and projects may be advanced in a different order based on opportunities and circumstances related to each project individually. Based on the Board's guidance provided at the work session in April, staff has made some additional edits and clarifications to the final prioritized list of transportation projects and recommended grant applications for the fall application cycle or other appropriate funding sources.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Infrastructure Investment: Prioritize, plan, and invest in critical infrastructure that responds to past and future changes and improves the capacity to serve community needs
DISCUSSION: Based on the discussion at the work session in April, staff made some adjustments to the scoring of projects and added new projects to the scored list. Board members identified some additional projects that they would like to see scored and generally requested that projects, even if they had not been identified through typical planning processes, be included in the scoring if it appeared that there was consensus on the need for the project. This resulted in the scoring of an additional 29 projects to bring the total number to 89.
Project scores were adjusted based on comments and suggestions from Board members. Additional factors related to ex...
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