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VDOT outlines SmartScale, TAP and revenue‑sharing cycles to Pittsylvania County; staff reviews recent project pipeline
Summary
County staff and a VDOT planner reviewed transportation grant cycles, SmartScale scoring, and recent local applications including an approved Franklin Turnpike signal and a submitted Safe Streets implementation grant for rumble strips.
County planner Dave Arnold and VDOT Lynchburg district planner Carson Eckhart briefed the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 21 about transportation funding streams, project priorities and upcoming application cycles, including SmartScale, Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) and revenue‑sharing opportunities.
Arnold said transportation planning work is tied to the county’s comprehensive plan update and to the Danville Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). He noted that the Danville MPO covers about 16% of Pittsylvania County land area but a larger share of the county’s population; county planning priorities for the rural remainder will be guided by a West Piedmont PDC rural long‑range transportation plan now…
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