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If you had read the full article about the Charlottesville bypass, you would have seen that local planners have, indeed, been doing more suitable planning for Rte. 20.

To wit:

"As an alternative, Bypass foes had championed Places 29, a plan to re-develop the U.S. 29 development corridor by making spot road improvements to the highway, building parallel roads to divert local traffic from the main drag, creating more walkable, mixed use places along the corridor, and tying major activity centers together with mass transit. That plan, which has been refined over a decade of community input and negotiation, had broad buy-in from Charlottesville and Albemarle County citizens and leaders. The major improvements to Places 29 will cost an estimated $80 million – less than half the cost of the Bypass."

by Christine on Jul 25, 2011 10:19 am • link • report