Well, the Crozetians to commented on this Facebook post at least want infrastructure, greenspace, and more businesses.
So many of us want sidewalks. I’d add a request for wider, more welcoming, and inviting sidewalks that connect our neighborhoods and our communities.
I ask each of you to email our supervisor and CC the Board of Supervisors. We need to be the persistently squeaky wheels. Commenting on FB, Nextdoor, Bluesky, or here matters less than direct contact. Again. And Again. And Again.
If we want things, we need to work to get them — for years and years. Status quo depends on and encourages apathy.
What do you want in/for Crozet next year?
Picking and choosing a few of the comments from the post:
- Sidewalk or multiuse path the entire length of Three Notched Road. Real progress on Barnes Lumber area. And where the heck is that traffic circle at 240/250 Mechums trestle?
- Eastern Avenue south to 250
- Traffic calming measures on neighborhood streets. So our kids don’t get run over by the many drivers who treat our neighborhood streets like speedways.
- Sidewalks and trails connecting town with neighborhoods
- Fewer hideous monstrosities like what is being built on 250 and Miller School Rd. It is sooo incongruous with the surroundings. Ugh
- To turn back time……
- Less plans for unaffordable housing and more for the community that already lives here. Sidewalks. Community activities for children. More at the park that doesn’t revolve around alcohol. More that doesn’t revolve around alcohol in general
- Safe cycling option to get from Crozet to Cville and back (bike lane?)
- Change the traffic light in front of Western to a large roundabout. Either that or widen the intersection and entrance the school to include extra lanes – we need something to facilitate much smoother entrance in the mornings and afternoons because right now it’s a semi-controlled disaster
- Sidewalks and bike lanes making us less reliant on cars!
- Sidewalks. Everywhere. I have never lived anywhere that the children cannot walk to school. Crozet is very unwalkable considering how small the area is. Hopefully one day. And I would also like to see bike lanes.
- Sidewalks from Tabor along Park Road and past the park! I see so many children walking in the road.
- Bodos, Chandlers, more sidewalks, a reduced speed limit on Jarmans Gap Road from 40 to 25/30 like the rest of the road. No safe space for the many bikers and walkers after Greyrock to Lanetown intersection and now fully developed! Thx
- Sidewalks. All the sidewalks.
- Wish list-Fix the malfunction junction @ the 4-way stop and the Square. It’s awful and no one knows how to use a 4-way stop properly. Someone will get hurt soon, possibly a pedestrian. The 240/250 is even more unsafe, so any improvement with that would be appreciated . TY for asking and for all of the hard work to keep us safe & moving forward!
- Avoid car cenric planning. The best country in the world to drive in is one that prioritizes other forms of transportation like walking, cycling, and public transport: https://youtu.be/d8RRE2rDw4k
- Downtown Crozet plaza and successful small business growth/incentives to sustain the larger downtown area. And connected sidewalks & bike paths on 240, 250, down Crozet Ave, and around the Park
Here’s to a great 2025.
