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VDOT hearing draws local pushback after roundabouts removed from Lafayette/Kenmore/Charles redesign
Summary
VDOT presented preliminary engineering for the Lafayette Boulevard–Kenmore–Charles intersection, replacing earlier roundabout concepts with signal and lane‑reconfiguration options; commissioners, Pathways Committee members and residents urged stronger pedestrian protections and called for reconsideration of roundabouts and slip lanes.
VDOT engineers presented preliminary designs and gathered public comment for the Lafayette Boulevard intersection project at a Planning Commission session where several commissioners, members of the Pathways and Pathways Committee, and residents urged changes to pedestrian crossings and intersection geometry.
City staff introduced the VDOT‑administered project and its context in several ongoing studies including the downtown traffic engineering study, William Street corridor work and other initiatives linking the Virginia Central Railway (VCR) Trail to downtown. Mike Craig, a city planning staff member participating in the discussion, described the project as a critical downtown arterial improvement and noted past city input to earlier…
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