For the third time in a row, a project to build a pedestrian bridge across the Rivanna River has failed to qualify for federal funding.
“We unfortunately did not receive the RAISE grant that we applied for the Rivanna River pedestrian bridge,” said Taylor Jenkins, director of transportation at the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission.
Jenkins made the announcement at the August 27, 2025 meeting of the policy board for the Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization. The MPO is a mandated group of elected officials who make decisions about transportation projects that are funded by the federal government…