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50% County Funding Share Proposals: (a) Route 605/676
Intersection Improvement: Board of Supervisors: $150,000;
VDOT Revenue Share: $150,000; (b) Third High School Road
Improvements: School Board: $850,000; VDOT Revenue Share:
$850,000.
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1.
VDOT Revenue Sharing Program. VDOT manages
the County Primary and Secondary Road Fund, which is more
commonly called the “Revenue Sharing Program”. It allows
VDOT to provide state funds to match local funds for the
construction, maintenance, or improvement of these key
public roads within the participating jurisdictions. The
original application deadline was March 1, 2005 and the
maximum grant request was restricted to $500,000. Fauquier
County filed its application by the deadline. Our
application included the following projects: (a) Board of
Supervisors ($150,000): Route 605/676 intersection
Improvements; and (b) School Board ($350,000): Route 605
Improvements.
Since that time, VDOT extended the application deadline from
March 1 to July 22, 2005, allowed time for other
jurisdictions to submit applications, and increased the
total allowable grant from $500,000 to $1,000,000. This
agenda item does not alter the Route 605/676 intersection
request, but it adjusts the County’s application associated
with the Third High School site to take advantage of the
change in the grant threshold.
2.
Route 605/676 Improvements - New Baltimore
Transportation Fund. This fund was established through
the approved Brookside/Waterfield Rezoning for improvements
that are associated in part with its development. Even
though development within New Baltimore has been modest and
constrained with the expansion schedule and requisite state
permitting requirements of the Vint Hill wastewater
treatment facility, the Route 605/Route 676 intersection
continues to be designated as a key access point for major
construction traffic and the initial phases of
Brookside/Waterfield.
Note that the adopted New Baltimore Service District
recommends the referenced Route 605/676 intersection
improvement as one of the top five secondary road
improvements in its 5-Year Action Plan. The top five are:
(1) Vint Hill Parkway (from Brookside/Waterfield property
line to Route 215); (2) Route 600 shoulder improvements; (3)
Route 600/Route 676 Roundabout; (4) Route 605/676
intersection; and (5) Brookside Parkway (from Rt. 605,
through Brookside/Waterfield to its property line with Vint
Hill). The Brookside Community cash transportation
proffers, placed into the New Baltimore Transportation Fund,
are intended to be used for projects 2-5 referenced
previously, as traffic warrants. Brookside and Bishop Run
proffered funds are expected to be instrumental in the
design and construction of the Route 600/676 Roundabout.
3.
Third High School Site. Rather than just
including the Route 605 improvements associated with the Mt.
Sterling Farm site, the County is including improvements to
Kennedy Road (Route 652), Brookside Parkway, and Rogues Road
(Route 602). Including proposed improvements for these roads
covers three potential school sites within the grant
limits. If approved and awarded, the grant improvements can
be consolidated to the designated improvements in the
application that benefit the selected school site without
returning for Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB)
approval.
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