AGENDA DATE: 4/1/2020
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Albemarle County Transportation Priorities Update
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Review of Albemarle County Transportation Priorities and potential grant applications for Smart Scale
ITEM TYPE: Consent Information Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Filardo, Benish, McDermott
PRESENTER (S): Kevin McDermott
LEGAL REVIEW: Not Required
REVIEWED BY: Choose an item.
BACKGROUND: This item is providing an update on the Albemarle County Transportation Priorities List, last approved in 2019, and a list of the proposed Smart Scale applications for submittal in 2020 to the Board. The Transportation Priorities 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 are typically advanced in a different order based on opportunities and circumstances related to each project individually. Based on this list, and previous Board direction, staff has developed a proposed list of Smart Scale Grant applications which are being considered for submittal in the 2020 application cycle. The purpose of this report is to provide information to the Board on the process and results of the Transportation Project Prioritization, provide updates on projects in the list that have had work done on them, and to review the potential projects for submittal in the 2020 Smart Scale Grant cycle.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Climate Action Planning, Revitalize Aging Urban Neighborhoods, Redevelop Rio/Route 29 Intersection Area
DISCUSSION: Attachment A is the 2019 Transportation Priorities Report for the Board's review. No changes have been made to this report since Board approval in July of 2019 but it is being provided simply as a reminder of the basis for prioritization, the process by which these projects are prioritized, and the results of the process.
Attachment B is a list of those prioritized project...
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