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Council backs eight SmartScale transportation applications including North Mason and Port Republic projects
Summary
Public works presented eight proposed VDOT SmartScale grant applications—shared-use paths, sidewalk gaps, intersection work and a North Mason Street multimodal reconfiguration—and council approved a resolution supporting submission of the applications.
Tom Hartman of Public Works walked council through eight candidate SmartScale applications the city plans to submit, noting that SmartScale is a competitive statewide program and that project costs are presented in current dollars and will be escalated in the application. Projects included the North End Greenway (about $14 million), Chicago Avenue sidewalk/shared-use path (estimate around $10 million), MLK Jr. Way reconfiguration (about $5 million), North Mason Street corridor improvements (about $16 million), Port Republic Road intersection and shared-use path improvements (about $17 million), Forest Hill (approx. $12 million), Vine Street corridor improvements, and a set of sidewalk-gap closures.
Hartman emphasized prior public engagement and coordinated MPO/PDC application slots; council members asked about bus-stop placement and community feedback. "Every single one of these projects has gone through some type of public engagement," Hartman said. After questions about costs and competition, council moved and approved a resolution supporting submission of the eight SmartScale applications.
