TRANSPORTATION
The Richmond Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is holding three public information sessions about Plan 2035, a draft long-range proposal for transportation projects in the region…. timesdispatch.com
….The city said some of the bike symbols are too close to the curb, in the door zone. That means, if someone rides through on a bike, a car door could easily open and hit that person…. nbc12.com
Richmond’s aging bridges are becoming a bigger safety concern. Certain trucks and larger vehicles are no longer allowed on two city bridges, the Fifth and Seventh Street Bridges that pass over Leigh Street in Downtown Richmond…. nbc12.com
Plans to improve Route 5….The unfettered view of the James River from Libby Hill Park — the one for which Richmond was named — will disappear should officials from Richmond and Henrico County agree to one of the plans floated by the study, says Jon Ondrak, president of the Church Hill Association….certain provisions of the proposals call for traffic to be diverted down Broad Street, Franklin and other arterial roadways that cut through Church Hill….widening the section of Route 5 where Williamsburg Road becomes Main Street…. styleweekly.com
….The City of Richmond has begun work to construct a pedestrian bridge across Kanawha Canal under the Robert E. Lee Bridge, located just east of the Oregon Hill neighborhood…. richmond.com
Dominion Resources getting it’s road.
….Richmond is preparing to build a new road to its downtown riverfront, while keeping open a remnant of the city’s historic canal system to one day float boats again….The city would repay half the cost of the road over six years to Dominion, which is counting on a new commuter route for the 650 full-time employees at its corporate headquarters on the Tredegar riverfront….timesdispatch.com
….Church Hill Association….not backing any current plans for improving the Route 5 corridor….nbc12.com
….most of the residents were not familiar with the plan and have very strong concerns about both road concepts being proposed….could very well inhibit the revitalization of Fulton, Shockoe Bottom and the Central Business District….barrier between Church Hill and access to the river would be significant…. chpn.net
The Sierra Club Falls of the James group would like to express our many concerns regarding the recent proposed riverfront development just west of downtown. In particular, we see several issues with the proposed “2nd Street connector road.” oregonhill.net
[mayor Dwight C. Jones]….will initially provide a twice-monthly shuttle service to residents of Fay Tower, a public apartment complex for the elderly, and the public-housing complexes of Hillside, Creighton, Fairfield, Mosby and Whitcomb courts…. timesdispatch.com