Hillsdale connector funding delayed
5/12/08 * Daily Progress [full story]
The construction of the Hillsdale Drive connector road, which will provide drivers with an alternative to U.S. 29, has been delayed for several years because of the drop in state funding for local transportation projects.
The state is not scheduled to give Charlottesville any new money for the $30.5 million, 1-mile road until 2014, transportation officials said. The city was hopeful that work on the road, running from north of Greenbrier Drive through the Seminole Square shopping center to Hydraulic Road, could begin within two years.
“It’s something that needs to get done but the money just isn’t in the pipeline,” said John J. “Butch” Davies III, the area’s representative on the Common-wealth Transportation Board.
The city is still plowing ahead with the road’s design and is set to unveil a plan sometime this fall, with the City Council possibly approving it by the end of the year.
The Hillsdale Drive Extension will provide residents with greater access to the shopping center and help alleviate congestion on U.S. 29, officials contend. Additionally, it will supply neighbors with a direct route to the nearby grocery stores, shops and movie theater, and will help spur development in the corridor.
The construction of the Hillsdale Drive connector road, which will provide drivers with an alternative to U.S. 29, has been delayed for several years because of the drop in state funding for local transportation projects.
The state is not scheduled to give Charlottesville any new money for the $30.5 million, 1-mile road until 2014, transportation officials said. The city was hopeful that work on the road, running from north of Greenbrier Drive through the Seminole Square shopping center to Hydraulic Road, could begin within two years.
“It’s something that needs to get done but the money just isn’t in the pipeline,” said John J. “Butch” Davies III, the area’s representative on the Common-wealth Transportation Board.
The city is still plowing ahead with the road’s design and is set to unveil a plan sometime this fall, with the City Council possibly approving it by the end of the year.
The Hillsdale Drive Extension will provide residents with greater access to the shopping center and help alleviate congestion on U.S. 29, officials contend. Additionally, it will supply neighbors with a direct route to the nearby grocery stores, shops and movie theater, and will help spur development in the corridor.
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