David Slutzky, from Charlottesville Tomorrow’s story – Albemarle candidates discuss transportation, economic development, and water supply (bolding mine):
Slutzky said he is concerned that VDOT wants to turn U.S. 29 into an “expressway” in order to make it easier for through traffic to travel through Albemarle County. He said there might be a good case to be made for the Western Bypass, but raising “a quarter of a billion dollars” for the project would be difficult.
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