Albemarle County Elections – 2011

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Vote on November 8, 2011. This year’s election is an off. Year. An “off-off” year to be more specific. Which means our votes matter more – because fewer of us vote. In 2010, 2,493 people voted in the Hurt-Perriello race. In 2009, 1,740 people voted …

Our Legislator is running for Re-Election

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After the veto of HB 5001, the House Privileges & Elections Committee (P & E), of which I am a member, followed the Governor’s advice to take the opportunity to strengthen the plan we had originally passed. On April 18th, the P & E Committee met and approved by a vote 16-0 House Bill 5005, strengthening our original plan by making several adjustments.

…If re-elected in November of this year, I will certainly miss all the constituents in the precincts that the 25th District is losing, but look forward to making new friends and having the privilege of serving new constituents.     

…   You may also access the Virginia General Assembly website at http://legis.virginia.gov and under “Legislative Agencies” in the left-hand box, click on “Legislative Services” where you will then see “Redistricting” on the left hand side.

Jarman’s Gap Construction Begins

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Sidewalk, and bike lanes and car lanes.

… The improvements will include wider travel lanes, the addition of bike lanes, and construction of curb and gutter and sidewalk. The proposed design calls for 12-foot wide travel lanes, a four-foot wide bicycle lane on each side of the road, curb and gutter on both sides of the roadway and sidewalk on the northern side of Route 691. h/t newsplex . I’ll chalk this up as a pending improvement.

Crozet’s Population Doubled in the Last Decade

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From the Crozet Gazette :

Crozet’s population (Census Bureau boundaries roughly overlap the Crozet Growth Area) grew from 2,585 in 2000 to 5,560 last year. That means White Hall District—which started out as the district already closest to ideal—needs to shed about 950 people, which happens to be very near the size of Yellow Mountain precinct, which, broadly, is a southern section of Greenwood. One advantage in being able to shift a whole precinct is that no change of polling place need happen.

Crozet Update – Safe Routes to School, Library, Streetscape, Jarman’s Gap

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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.