As part of the Fontaine Research Park Sitewide Stormwater Improvements project, the contractor must install new stormwater utility infrastructure and make the utility tie-in to the Roadway Infrastructure project at the intersection of Spine Road and Ray C Hunt Drive.
On Sunday, July 12, the contractor will mobilize to start this work. This work will require the intersection of Spine Road and Ray C Hunt Drive to be closed to thru traffic. The working hours will be 8:00PM - 5:00AM to avoid any disruptions during normal hours at Fontaine and will have a duration of approximately three (3) weeks.
During this work, Fontaine Research Park shuttle on demand after-hours users who normally use the pickup location at 480 Ray C Hunt Drive will need to use the pickup locations at either 415 or 500 Ray C Hunt Drive. Signage will be posted.
Parking will be prohibited in the lower southern parking spaces of Spine Road, five (5) spaces on each side.
There will be typical construction equipment noise associated with this work.
All buildings will maintain their means of egress.
This work is subject to change due to weather conditions. A revised construction alert will be sent accordingly.
TRC, a utility locating contractor, will be performing utility test hole work along the northern sidewalk of Ivy Rd between Rothery Rd and the existing School of Data Science building on Monday July 6 through Friday July 10.
Work Hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (daily)
Impact: Sidewalk Closure
Pedestrian Access: The section of sidewalk just south of the existing SDS and future SDS-E building sites will be closed. Pedestrians will need to utilize the sidewalk to the north, near the Ivy Corridor Stream for access around the work area.
Roadway Impact: No lane closures or roadway impacts are anticipated as part of this work.
As part of the enabling work for the Fontaine Data Center, FM Energy & Utilities will continue installing underground utilities from the FCEP to the future data center site. Phase One has been under construction since May and the team will transition to Phase Two on July 13. This work is located east of 500 Ray C Hunt.
Phase Two will begin on July 13 and take four to five months to complete. Patient parking will be significantly impacted but mitigated with the following services:
Complementary Valet Service will be offered to patients at 500 RCH; Additional golf carts will be used to assist with patient transport. Concierge staff will be onsite to assist patients to parking.
Patient parking spaces will be available directly west of FCEP. Access to the Building 500 loading dock will be maintained.
Signage will be added to assist with vehicular and pedestrian signage.
All work is subject to weather conditions.
No impact to existing building exits and sidewalks.
To accommodate stone deliveries, the laydown area fencing has been extended. Alert No. 3 The sidewalk adjacent to the project will be periodically closed but the crosswalk will remain open. Due to ongoing construction activities, parking spaces along Monroe Hill Road will be periodically closed. UVA Parking & Transportation will notify permit holders, and the UVA Facilities Management team will communicate these impacts to Monroe Hall staff.
Project consists of construction of a new ADA-accessible ramp providing access between McCormick Road and the Monroe Hall South Plaza. Work includes demolition of the northeast set of steps and associated walkway, and construction of a new accessible ramp, retaining walls, and brick walkway to provide an accessible route.
VDOT Paving operations will take place on McCormick Road from Alderman Rd. to the water
towers and Arlington Blvd. starting Monday, July 6th - Friday, July 10th - weather permitting.
Work Hours: 7:00 PM - 5:00 AM (overnight work)
Impact: Roadway milling and paving
Pedestrian Access: Sidewalks and crosswalks will remain open and accessible
Traffic Control - One lane will be open at all times.
No impact to existing building exits and sidewalks.
On the morning of Tuesday, July 7, 2026, the porous asphalt and concrete inside the FM
compound will be cleaned by a contractor. These areas are located between the gas
pumps and Leake as well as between Skipwith and the FM shops. See attached map.
These areas will need to be cleared of all vehicles and equipment from 7am to 12 pm.
If you normally park your FM vehicle in these locations, please find alternate parking
during this time.
Beginning Monday, July 6, through July 27, the City of Charlottesville will begin a gas
line replacement project on Culbreth Road. Most of the work will be completed using
directional drilling/boring, which will occur underground and is expected to have little
to no impact on traffic. However, two areas along the route will require open-trench construction.
During open-trench operations, Culbreth Road will remain open, but traffic will be reduced to
one alternating lane in the work zone. Flaggers will be on site to direct vehicular traffic
and assist motorists through the area safely.
Due to construction activities, parking spaces on Monroe Hill Road will be temporarily closed. The UVA Parking & Transportation team has notified affected permit holders.
Weather permitting, all eight parking spaces will be occupied and unavailable on the following dates:
Tuesday, June 9
Tuesday, June 16
Tuesday, June 23
Monday, June 29
The sidewalk adjacent to the project will be periodically closed but the crosswalk will remain open.
Project consists of construction of a new ADA-accessible ramp providing access between McCormick Road and the Monroe Hall South Plaza. Work includes demolition of the northeast set of steps and associated walkway, and construction of a new accessible ramp, retaining walls, and brick walkway to provide an accessible route.
Scaffolding will be installed on the Lawn side of Pavilion VI and on both the Lawn and garden sides of the student rooms between Pavilion IV and VI (EL 10-20), beginning Wednesday, May 20. The scaffolding will remain in place throughout the summer and into the start of the school year.
The stairway from the lawn to the alley, will be partially blocked by scaffolding. Half will remain open to use.
The passageway under Pavilion VI and in front of the student rooms will remain accessible.
The general contractor will mobilize to install a laydown area in the lawn between the Rotunda and University Chapel on May 20. Full project mobilization in the west and east courtyards will begin the week after reunions, June 8, 2026. The project will be substantially completed by August 15, 2026, prior to the start of the fall semester.
The primary impacts of this project will be construction traffic and noise caused by demolition of existing paving and concrete base. Construction vehicles will use pedestrian routes for access to the site but will not obstruct ADA or barrier-free routes. The sidewalk under the colonnade west of the Rotunda will be closed to pedestrian access for the duration of the project. This walk is not an ADA path, and an adjacent barrier-free path will be maintained for the duration of the project. Part of the Darden Courtyard will be blocked to enable waterproofing work on the east side of the Rotunda, beginning mid-June.
The general contractor will mobilize to install a laydown area in the lawn between the Rotunda and University Chapel on May 20. Full project mobilization in the west and east courtyards will begin the week after reunions, June 8, 2026. The project will be substantially completed by August 15, 2026, prior to the start of the fall semester.
The primary impacts of this project will be construction traffic and noise caused by demolition of existing paving and concrete base. Construction vehicles will use pedestrian routes for access to the site but will not obstruct ADA or barrier-free routes. The sidewalk under the colonnade west of the Rotunda will be closed to pedestrian access for the duration of the project. This walk is not an ADA path, and an adjacent barrier-free path will be maintained for the duration of the project. Part of the Darden Courtyard will be blocked to enable waterproofing work on the east side of the Rotunda, beginning mid-June.
As part of the enabling work for the Fontaine Data Center, FM Energy & Utilities will begin installing underground utilities from the FCEP to the future data center site on May 4, 2026. This work is located to the east of 500 Ray C Hunt.
Phase One will begin May 4 and should be completed around July 4, 2026. Fourteen total parking spaces will be impacted during this phase.
Additional golf carts will be used to assist with patient transport. Patient parking spaces will be available directly west of FCEP. Access to the Building 500 loading dock will be maintained.
Numerous tunnel access points from Garrett Hall to Davis Wing will be used for asbestos insulation removal and reinsulating of existing piping was asbestos removal is complete. All access points will not be open simultaneously.
