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Board asks VDOT for extension on $800,000 TAP award after local match shortfall for Crites community project

2112624 · January 14, 2025
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Summary

Envision Crites told the board it was awarded an $800,000 VDOT Transportation Alternatives Program grant for pedestrian and safety improvements but cannot meet the 25% local match (~$181,000). The board unanimously voted to request an extension from VDOT to pursue funding and public feedback.

Representatives of Envision Crites presented the board with a Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant award for roughly $800,000 to fund walkways, retention walls and related safety improvements near Crites and Hardin Reynolds School but said the local nonprofit cannot meet the 25% local match requirement.

Tom Steele, representing Envision Crites,…

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