AGENDA DATE: 12/18/2019
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Eastern Avenue South Connection Proposed Design and Engineering Study
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Request approval of a location and design study for the Eastern Avenue South bridge and roadway connection to Route 250W in Crozet
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Henry, Filardo, Stewart, Benish, Abplanalp, McDermott
PRESENTER (S): n/a
LEGAL REVIEW: Not Required
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND:
In October 2019, Community Development (CDD) Transportation Planners drafted a Revenue Sharing grant application for submission to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) for the Eastern Avenue South Connection project. This two-lane roadway would connect the southern portion of Eastern Avenue and portions of the Westhall and Foothills Crossing Developments across Lickinghole Creek to the Cory Farms Development and on to US 250. It would provide a new access point to the rapidly growing residential neighborhoods east of Crozet Avenue in the Crozet Development Area and would include sidewalks, bike lanes and street trees; the bridge over Lickinghole Creek would be the most substantial, and the costliest, feature of the new roadway.
Staff based this grant application on a preliminary, 2008 conceptual design and VDOT Planning cost estimate. This estimate was updated in 2013, and subsequent planning cost estimates included inflation rates to the anticipated 2022 construction start date. This project was included in a FY19 CIP request for $5,804,000 which was 50% of the estimated project cost of $11,608,000.
Due to concerns associated with a rapidly changing and fluctuating construction market, particularly on projects of this nature, County staff requested that VDOT perform a preliminary review of the cost estimate prior to final grant submission. VDOT completed this review and provided two (2) conceptual estimates in late September 2019. These update...
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