VDOT News - Culpeper

CULPEPER — On Wednesday, Albemarle County and Charlottesville residents will have an opportunity to get information and make comments on the proposed Fifth Street Station Trail and Hub.

Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a citizen information meeting from 5-7 p.m., Wednesday, May 3, at the Albemarle County Fifth Street Office Building, 1600 Fifth Street, Room A. The meeting will be held in an open forum format where project team members will present information about the proposed project and answer questions. Attendees may also provide written or verbal comments about the project.

The proposed project will reconstruct the existing hiking trail on the west side of Moores Creek to a 10-foot-wide shared use path. The project will also build a new 10-foot-wide path from Wegman’s Way to the reconstructed path and will include and a bridge over Moores Creek. The Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization proposed the project to increase multi-modal connectivity in the Fifth Street area.

The $11.4 million project was funded in the fourth round of SMART SCALE project development in fiscal year 2022. Construction is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2025 and be completed in the late fall of 2025. More information about the project, including a location map and aerial that displays the trail path and connections, may be found on the project web page: Fifth Street Station Trail on the VDOT web site.

 Questions about the project should be directed to Mr. John Rose, VDOT Location and Design, Culpeper District, (540) 829-7429, John.Rose1@VDOT.Virginia.gov. Comments may be made during the meeting or by mail to Mr. John Rose, VDOT Location and Design, 1601 Orange Road, Culpeper, VA 22701. Comments can also be emailed to John.Rose1@VDOT.Virginia.gov. All comments must be postmarked or emailed by May 15, 2023.

Culpeper District updates are on the district’s Facebook page and the district’s Twitter account, @VaDOTCulp. For questions or to report hazardous road conditions, the public should contact VDOT’s 24-hour Customer Service Center by visiting my.vdot.virginia.gov or calling 800-FOR-ROAD (367-7623).

Current traffic conditions, VDOT’s statewide network of traffic cameras and other real-time travel information is on the 511Virginia website. That information is also available on the free VDOT 511 mobile app or by calling 511 from any phone in Virginia.

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