Safe Routes to School Delayed by (only) a Week
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via email: CROZET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO BALLARD DRIVE The purpose of this project is to provide safe pedestrian access along Crozet Avenue from the Crozet Elementary School to Ballard Drive. …
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Pigs fly. In May 2010, the Safe Routes to School grant was announced to great fanfare. Today, I received an email stating that VDOT has approved the grant. More to …
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One day, the Safe Routes to School might get funded … I’m tired of writing about the delays, and I know Crozetians and the folks at the County just want …
Curious to see what the Safe Routes to School project will entail? The docs are posted at Albemarle County’s site.
Short story: Safe Routes to (Crozet Elementary) School … soon. Probably. Background here. via email:
Remember the Walk to School grant for the part of Crozet near Crozet Elementary? So did a concerned parent who asked the County for an update, and received this response. …
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Phase 2 – Crozet Avenue : Utilities must be moved and all right-of-way acquired before we’ll get VDOT approval to move into the construction phase. … I I’ve been working a long time to resolve the owner issues for one right-of-way dedication and I’m hoping to get word that they’re ready to sign later this week. … VDOT had a parking plan prepared (by our consultant) to serve as the cost basis for their acquisition of the Jarmans Gap Road right-of-way. It also was to serve as a means to demonstrate how the Church and Blue Goose future parking plans and our proposed shared entrance onto Crozet Avenue would work in concert.
Approximately 177 of 305 students live within two miles of Crozet Elementary School and there are over 200 homes in neighborhood located within one-half mile of the school that will be able to take advantage of the new pedestrian features. In addition, the private Field School located directly across the street from Crozet Elementary will also be linked by the new sidewalk to neighborhoods north of downtown Crozet and will be served by the new crosswalk and warning sign features. … The Crozet PTO’s Walk to School program already sponsors monthly walks for children and their parents and supports the Safe Route project as a way to encourage active, healthy lifestyles among students, and the school administration is strongly committed to promoting alternative transportation for their students. … “Our goal is for families to feel comfortable allowing their students to walk or ride their bikes to school, and with the changes funded by this grant, we envision one-third to one-half of our student population now being able to safely walk to school.”
Huge thanks again to Neve for tweeting the meeting last night! (and @CrozetCommunity as well). I highly encourage you to read all the tweets, and watch the video from Crozet …
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