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Construction crews broke ground on eastbound sections of Hydraulic Road to provide access to the site of a planned Whole Foods supermarket. Nighttime construction is expected to continue on westbound portions of the road through December 21. The Whole Foods on 29N will abandon its current location to occupy the new 40,000 square foot location when construction there finishes, likely before the end of 2010, according to Charlottesville Tomorrow. Jim Tolbert, director of neighborhood development services, told C-VILLE that the Whole Foods is “almost at final site plan approval.” After that, it’s just a matter of when they’re ready to start the construction, he said.
The Whole Foods is being developed by Meadowbrook Creek, LLC, which will fund the first portion of the Hillsdale Drive Extension, designed to relieve traffic from the busy 29N corridor by connecting Rio Road to Hydraulic Road. The first portion will connect Hydraulic Road to the store. Amid budget cutbacks, VDOT funding for the rest of the $30.5 million extension has been delayed. “There is no money for the rest of the road,” Tolbert said.
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