ApprovedInfrastructure · Town-wide

NRV MPO 2050 Long-Range Transportation Plan (Blacksburg projects)

The New River Valley MPO approved its 2050 Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan on November 6, 2025; projects must be in the constrained plan to be eligible for federal funding. Blacksburg items include Draper Road Streetscape ($10.6 million), Harding Avenue ($8.6 million), Glade Road corridor improvements from Boxwood Drive to Heritage Park ($12.6 million), North Main Street at Givens Lane intersection improvements with a Mount Tabor Road realignment ($8.125 million) and the Prices Fork Road/US 460 Bypass interchange ($45 million).

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The project

The details.

Other Blacksburg entries and estimates in the plan: Clay Street sidewalk and roadway improvements, Church Street to Jefferson Street ($3,500,000); Shadow Lake Road sidewalk or trail from Glade Road to the existing trail at 2101 Shadow Lake Road ($2,500,000); Huckleberry Trail connection from Heather Drive to the existing trail north of Prices Fork Road ($4,500,000); West Roanoke Street and South Main Street sidewalk improvements ($3,500,000); East Roanoke Street sidewalk, drainage and road improvements from Owens Street to Jefferson Street ($2,500,000); Eheart Street cycle track ($712,000); Mount Tabor Road pedestrian and roadway improvements, Tabor Village Drive to Petra Pass ($4,100,000), and sidewalk, North Main Street to Tabor Village Drive ($400,000); priority sidewalk infill on Penn, Washington and Prospect streets ($920,000); interim road diets with pavement markings on North Main Street from Progress Street to Red Maple Drive ($80,000) and Patrick Henry Drive from North Main Street to Toms Creek Road ($112,000); Meadowbrook Drive Trail from Heritage Park to Glade Road ($6,696,000); North Main Trail from Oak Meadow Lane to Maywood Street ($1,136,000); Berry Court Trail Extension ($50,000); Duck Pond Drive bridge replacement over Stroubles Creek ($472,105) and relocation of Duck Pond Drive to the Perry Street intersection ($39,054,533); and Blacksburg Transit vehicle replacement and Transit Strategic Plan route improvements. The plan also lists the I-81 northbound widening from mile marker 116 to Exit 128 ($502,000,000).

Status
Approved
Type
Infrastructure
Jurisdiction
New River Valley MPO
Location
Town-wide
Applicant
New River Valley MPO
Last checked
Oct 13, 2026

Timeline

Where it stands.

Every step on record, oldest first, with a link to the official record where there is one.

  1. NRV MPO Policy Board approved the 2050 Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan.

    Official record

Sources

From the official record.

  1. NRV MPO: 2050 Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (with signed resolution)Nov 6, 2025
  2. NRV MPO: Constrained Long Range Transportation Plan pageNov 6, 2025

Details can change as a project moves through review. The official record governs. This page was last checked against it on Oct 13, 2026.

Information from Town of Blacksburg public records and other official sources. Check the official record for decisions.

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