Comments on: Cloverleaf changes nearing completion

By: David Miller

David Miller — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:43:02 +0000

Another reason to look forward to driving anywhere

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By: Bubby

Bubby — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:21:15 +0000

Construction is just part of the cost. First there was planning, budgeting, design, engineering, permitting, procurement of Right of Way, public notices and hearing, signage, oversight and inspection. That money would have extended across several biennial VDOT budgets.

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By: Bubby

Bubby — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:11:54 +0000

Improvements to I-81 draw funding from the Federal government. Improvements to Rt. 33 come from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Our local Delegates have not supported adequate highway funding. Maybe VDOT decided to give the Valley what we asked for – nothing.

In fact, if not for $22 million in Federal stimulus money Port Republic Rd would not have been widened out to the hospital.

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By: Brent Finnegan

Brent Finnegan — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:29:46 +0000

I changed the wording of the post slightly to adjust for your comment.

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By: Karl

Karl — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:34:08 +0000

Bubby, you’re right about the 718k. The original budget was 2M, but the economic times created some great bid results. Can’t remember if the original scope was scaled back or not. What is curious is what was done with the 1.3M that was allocated to the Staunton district that didn’t get spent. I still maintain that VDOT simply spent a little money on a project that needed a lot of money. Sorry, but increased traffic flow should be part of every project and adding a stop light to Route 33 is not it. Couldn’t get behind any system that was compared to the Port Road exit.

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By: Bubby Hussein, Hillbilly Sheikh

Bubby Hussein, Hillbilly Sheikh — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:05:39 +0000

$718 K was the contract amount to General Excavation of Warrenton. Their PoP was August, so they will be getting a bonus for knocking it out ahead of schedule. Maybe I should alert Mark Obenshain to the travesty.

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By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:10:49 +0000

I’m glad they did something about it – Getting onto 81N from 33E in that weave-merge lane was just plain dangerous.

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By: Scott Rogers

Scott Rogers — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:30:28 +0000

For a $2M project, it all happened rather quickly (once it began). Does anyone know the approximate percentage break down of the cost for such a project? For example, 30% planning, 50% materials, 20% manpower? Just curious — and on my bb, so I can’t search VDOT’s web site to find out myself. :)

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