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Detrimental Effects

Finally, the board indicated that they feel
the four-lanes of moving traffic and two on-off
lanes are definitely necessary to insure more
efficient traffic flow.

However, according to some residents in the
area, the proposed project will have
"detrimental" effects on them and other
members of the Charlottesville community. As
a result of this controversy, the Emergency
Association to Preserve Preston Avenue -
Rugby Road - Barracks Road has been formed.
Mr. Richard Crampton, a Rugby Avenue
resident, stated at an earlier Preston Avenue
discussion with state officials that the
association has resolved to discourage arterial
highways "from bisecting our community and
destroying our neighborhoods,'

The group calls for a review of the master
plan "in order to represent best the overall
future needs of the residents of Charlottesville
with special attention given to the thoroughfare
plan."