June 22, 2016 – Charlottesville, VA – The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Organizations (AASHTO) announced 42 transportation organizations as recipients of the Round 7 Implementation Assistance Program under the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2).
The Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization (Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission) has been selected to receive one of five Capacity – PlanWorks Grants funded under the seventh and final round of the SHRP2 Implementation Assistance Program. FHWA and AASHTO announced the award of a $100,000 to the CAMPO for creation of a PlanWorks Decision Guide for Corridor Planning, to develop a multi-disciplinary study of the Blue Ridge region of I-64, spanning from the Pantops area in Charlottesville-Albemarle (exit 124) to the junction with I-81 in Staunton (exit 87)