 That’s not a strip mine on the city’s horizon. Martha Jefferson Hospital is grading land and doing site prep work for the construction of an extension of Peter Jefferson Parkway. A quick note to State Farm employees and other Pantops office workers: If you hear any explosions, it is probably not the inaugural terrorist assault on Charlottesville. Rather, crews will be blasting once a day for the next six weeks to create material for the road bed. Construction on the proposed 1.2 million-square-foot hospital building isn’t expected to begin until next year. The hospital plans to occupy the new building by 2012. |
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