
Plank Road closed near Afton on Wednesday
The Virginia Department of Transportation will close a portion of Route 692 (Plank Road) in western Albemarle County at8 a.m. Wednesday to replace a failed drainage pipe.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will close a portion of Route 692 (Plank Road) in western Albemarle County at8 a.m. Wednesday to replace a failed drainage pipe.

Tree trimming will require alternating lane closures on Route 250 (Ivy Road) in western Albemarle County on Wednesday between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

The Virginia Department of Transportation and Albemarle County will host a briefing for major employers along the Route 29 corridor Wednesday morning at the Doubletree Hotel.

Construction will begin Monday, May 11 on the Route 677 (Broomley Road) bridge over the Buckingham Branch Railroad, located off Route 250 (Ivy Road) in western Albemarle County.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for a region stretching from Augusta County to Page County in the Shenandoah Valley and over into Albemarle County and Nelson County in Central Virginia that is in effect from 2 p.m. Sunday into the overnight hours.

The Charlottesville-UVA-Albemarle County Emergency Communications Center announced that Kirby Felts the Regional Emergency Management Coordinator has been awarded the Warren E. Trent Achievement Award for Professionalism in Emergency Management.

Guardrail and cable barrier work scheduled for today and tomorrow will close the left lane of Interstate 64 westbound in western Albemarle County.

Following the remarkable achievements of the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County to improve public safety through the application of proven research in criminal justice decisions, Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced that the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) has selected Virginia to participate in Phase V of its Evidence-Based Decision Making (EBDM) Initiative.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will close the southbound left turn lane from Route 29 (Seminole Trail) onto Greenbrier Drive in Albemarle County on Tuesday morning while a crew replaces a damaged traffic signal.

The Commonwealth Transportation Board has awarded Lane/Corman Joint Venture the $116.7 million design-build contract to improve the Route 29 corridor in Albemarle County.
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