I agree that the proposed bypass was WAY too short, as its northern terminus was south of the airport. But while perhaps the original one, planned a generation ago, can’t be funded, a smarter can, and eventually will, be built — once the rest of the state gets sick of the Cville bottleneck when trying to get through the area.
]]>Part of the problem has been that Charlottesville and Albemarle have been unable to agree on ONE plan that they are willing to fund and actually build.
Had either road been “signed, sealed and funded” in the 1980’s, or the 1970’s when they had first been proposed, they would have been built. Of course, had the bypass been built, it would by now require a bypass of the bypass. Now the Commonwealth Transportation Board has pretty much said that they 29 bypass CAN’T be funded.
]]>Both roads were signed, sealed, funded, and ready to be delivered. And both were grounded to a halt by anti-growth forces in C’ville.
Way to go, Charlottesville. Reap what you sow.
]]>I’m sure he’s spitting mad over the Webb-Allen race because he was obviously a conservative Republican and saw NoVA as enemy territory. But we must somehow again find a political debate that can transcend this division so we recognize what we have in common and need to work together to achieve.
]]>It’s not healthy. I took a training class out in Herndon a few months ago and had to travel from Mount Vernon to Herndon, mostly via the Fairfax County Parkway. It was a hard trip.
In that class, I met two gentlemen from Circuit City, one of whom was a stereotypcial southern VA middle-aged angry white man. We got to talking about the problems of NoVA as I explained how tough and unpredicatble the trip up to Herndon was. I pondered why it is NoVA can’t get the resources from the state it needs to create some better transportation solutions–because it CAN be done.
Well, he launched into one of the most vile and hateful tirades against NoVA I’d ever witnessed, ranting about how we need to ban people from moving to NoVA and he’s so sick of paying more taxes so they can go to NoVA—oh how misinformed was he! It was then that I realized that we have a huge problem and disconnect in this state when there is so much animosity toward Virginia’s “breadbasket” of NoVA.
The truth is, we need each other, and can benefit from the strengths of each other as Chap’s post the other day pointed to—our regions need to work together to solve each others’ problems.
And needless to say, my anti-NoVA friend got a piece of my mind back about how maybe we’re sick of bankrolling the rest of the state and getting scoff in return. However, I couldn’t let it end without making the point that working together we’d be much stronger for all.
He seemed to agree but retained his hostility.
I’m sure he’s spitting made
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