FY 2022 RAISE Grant - Connect Greene County

Welcome to Greene County’s Fiscal Year 2022 RAISE Grant application website.

History

Since 2004, Greene County residents have consistently requested multimodal pathways that connect the rural two-thirds of the county with the economic centers of the Town of Stanardsville and the Ruckersville U.S. 29 corridor. Tourism has become a major economic driver in the region and the coronavirus pandemic put a spotlight on the need for more outdoor recreational activities in Greene County.

Purpose

Greene County has submitted to the U.S. Department of Transportation a Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) planning grant for fiscal year 2022. The goal of the grant is to create a regional comprehensive multimodal transportation plan for the County of Greene and the Town of Stanardsville. Activities and Scope of the work include:

Background Data Collection, 3-6 months:

• Project Study Area
• Planimetric data (topography, location of rivers, streams, wetlands, buildings and roads
• Master plan/zoning information
• Traffic counts
• Ridership forecasts
• Other transportation projects or planning efforts in the study area
• Environmental features
• Noise sensitive locations
• Flood plain areas
• Existing accident data, road geometry, traffic controls and so forth

Scoping, 1-6 months:

• Confirming the project purpose and need
• Beginning environmental review process
• Determine level of environmental document and need for water quality permits
• Identify stakeholders
• Establish project team
• Hold an initial scoping team meeting
• Develop an initial design
• Hold first public hearing

Preliminary Engineering Phase, 8-12 months:

• Feasibility study developed
• NEPA studies conducted
• Design of roadway, structures, and bridges
• Traffic control devices
• Equity analysis
• Value engineering to identify function and worth of the project
• Determining right of way and utility impacts
• Public hearing

Environmental engineering, 6 months:

• Environmental studies completed on preferred design
• Obtain design approval from the Commonwealth Transportation Board (must approve before any right of way acquisition can begin)
• Final Right-of-Way Plan developed, including appraisal of the land

Post-Assessment, 6 months:

• Present plan and to Board of Supervisors and VDOT & CTB

Documents & Resources

Below, please find the links to all the studies referenced in the application narrative, which is also below. Additionally, letters of support for the project are below.