Title
Resolution In Support of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Preferred Design Alternative 2 (Bridge West With Causeway Remaining) for the Route 172 Wythe Creek Road Widening Project
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
Wythe Creek Road is an existing two-lane roadway in the City of Hampton that crosses into the City of Poquoson.
The project will include the widening of Wythe Creek Road to a three-lane undivided highway from Langley Boulevard in Hampton, to just north of Huntlandia Way in the City of Poquoson, for a total distance of 1.68 miles. The project provides a three-lane reversible roadway, with two lanes being operated in the southbound direction in the morning peak hour, and two lanes in the northbound direction in the afternoon peak hour. The center lane will operate as a two-way center left turn lane in the off peak hours. Improvements will include a new signal at the Wythe Creek/Cary’s Chapel intersection, signal modifications at both the Wythe Creek/Voyager Drive and Wythe Creek/Langley Boulevard intersections, curb and gutter, a 10-foot sidewalk/multi-use path on the east side, widening of the causeway and the bridge, traffic safety improvements at the intersections, and a new 1,500' long bridge will be constructed through the causeway area between Hampton and Poquoson, bringing the roadway surface elevation above the 100 year flood plan, and compensating for sea level rise.
In this resolution, VDOT is seeking additional City support for the Department’s recommendation of one specific design feature as approved for the project as a whole via Resolution 16-0415 to encourage the environmental reviewing agencies (e.g., the Army Corps of Engineers, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission) to approve a specific design feature: the plan showing the existing causeway, which is currently utilized for vehicle traffic, to remain for use in the proposed plan by bicyclists, pedestrians, a...
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