Grade separated interchange at Hydraulic Road and US29
| Grade-separated interchange at Hydraulic Road and U.S. 29 | ||
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Proposed
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Project Overview
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Major reconstruction of intersection
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| Cost | Unknown | |
| Location | Charlottesville | |
| Sponsor | VDOT | |
Status Update
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Project likely dead with a segmented project proceeding instead, fully funded with Smart Scale |
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A plan to build a grade-separated interchange at Hydraulic Road and U.S. 29 has been debated for many decades but there are no current plans for it to proceed. Such a project was part of VDOT's Route 29 Solutions package, but a series of additional projects will take place in the vicinity instead. [1]
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Timeline
- January 17, 1995 – City Council passes resolution opposing grade-separated interchange [2]
- October 20, 2009 – Albemarle County Planning Commission presented with official map showing all parcels of land needed to complete project
- June 18, 2014 – CTB allocates $10 million for preliminary engineering [3]
- February 2017 – Planning gets underway for intersection improvements concurrently with a new land-use plan. This would be the Hydraulic Small Area Plan. [4]
- March 9, 2017 – Hydraulic panel meets for the first time [5]
- January 2021 – The preliminary recommendations from the fourth round of Smart Scale recommended $5.73 million in funding for a $24 million project to make improvements around the intersection of U.S. 29 and Hydraulic Road. The rest of the funding is leftover from the Route 29 Solutions projects. [6]
History
The grade-separated interchange was recommended by Phase 2 of the 29H250 Study. The project had evolved to utilize a single point urban interchange (SPUI).
Virginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne authorized acceleration of funding for preliminary engineering to begin in fiscal year 2017, a year ahead of schedule. [7]
Funding for the project was used as a match toward a successful Smart Scale application in the fourth round. [6]
Resources
References
- ↑ Web. Planning moves forward for Hydraulic-29 crossing, Sean Tubbs, News Article, Charlottesville Tomorrow, February 14, 2017, retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ↑ Web. Charlottesville City Council meeting minutes, .pdf, Council Chambers, City of Charlottesville, 17 Jan. 1995.
- ↑ Web. Western Bypass funding eliminated; CTB supports other U.S. 29 projects, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, June 18, 2014, retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ↑ Web. Planning moves forward for Hydraulic-29 crossing, Sean Tubbs, News Article, Charlottesville Tomorrow, February 14, 2017, retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ↑ Web. Panel begins work of planning for Hydraulic intersection, Sean Tubbs, News Article, Charlottesville Tomorrow, March 9, 2017, retrieved December 28, 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Web. Nine out of ten Smart Scale applications recommended for funding, Sean Tubbs, News Article, Town Crier Productions, January 22, 2021, retrieved January 5, 2023.
- ↑ Web. Accelerated schedule for Hydraulic planning approved, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, December 1, 2016, retrieved December 13, 2016.