Route 29 Bypass Project - Thomas Jefferson Planning District ...

• “The purpose of the Route 29 Corridor Study is to find a solution to
existing and future congestion on a three-mile section of U.S. Route 29
between U.S. Route 250 Bypass and the South Fork of the Rivanna River
in the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County North of
Charlottesville. A secondary purpose of the study is to complete a gap in
ongoing improvements to U.S. Route 29 through central Virginia”
-1993 FEIS, FHWA-VA-EIS-90-01-F, pg. I-1
• “The purpose and need for the project remain the same as before: reduce
congestion on existing Route 29 and enhance mobility for through
traffic.”
-2000 EIS Reevaluation, pg. 11
• “ The need for the proposed project is based on the inability of existing
Route 29 to adequately accommodate projected traffic volumes,
particularly traffic that is not generated by, or oriented to, the
development along existing Route 29.”
-2002 SEIS, FHWA-VA-EIS-90-02-DS, 1-12
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