A New Day Dawning Downtown

Main Street Bridge Replacement

Main Street Bridge Replacement

This is a VDOT project to replace the Main Street Bridge that is about 80 years old. The replacement project will include a narrower bridge and a shifted McElroy Street (Race Avenue). The project is under construction and the bridge is expected to reopen to traffic in 2018.

Main Street Phase II

Main Street Phase II

Phase II of the Downtown Streetscape Project extends from the intersection of Main Street and Wayne Avenue westwards to Church Street. The improvements include new paving, sidewalks, street lights, street trees, and crosswalks, among other things.

Greenway Phase 2

Greenway Phase 2

Building on the success of Greenway Trail Phase 1, Phase 2 will extend the greenway trail and link Constitution Park to North Park.

Constitution Park

Constitution Park

Using CDBG funding and other donations, the City will make improvements to Constitution Park in coordination with the second phase of the greenway.

Mission for Downtown

The City of Waynesboro is pursuing renewed life for its Downtown. Revitalization is critical because a Downtown is the calling card to the rest of the world. In a healthy, vibrant Downtown, people will see a place that they want to visit, invest, and live. Additionally, a bustling downtown provides the dining and entertainment amenities which support a high-quality of life and defines who city is and will be.

Waynesboro's path ahead is directed at building momentum for entrepreneurial opportunity, attracting new Downtown residents, and developing a draw for tourists. Our efforts will focus building the physical infrastructure to support these goals, nurturing potential business and residential development projects, and finding ways around Downtown's environmental obstacles, namely flooding and pollution issues, which impede our efforts to redevelop.

This website is a platform for learning about the past, current, and up-coming efforts to redevelop Downtown's physical infrastructure and efforts to overcome the environmental issues. We encourage you to learn more about these efforts and invite you to get involved in their implementation!

Project News
Main Street Bridge Update
Work on the Main Street Bridge replacement has begun. The bridge will close on February 10, 2016 for 18-24 months. Detour signs are being placed this week and once the official traffic control signs have been positioned, the city will be adding "Business District" directional signs to guide visitors and citizens to the Main Street area. All thru traffic will be directed to Broad Street at Rosser Ave / Main Street and Main St / Dupont Ave..
Downtown Streetscape Project Update #15
We are almost finished with the streetscape project!!! I want to personally thank you for your patience and support. I hope that you will agree that the final results are worth the hassle. Moreover, I expect that the improved aesthetics will attract more patrons to Downtown and help continue the upward trends in activity and investment that we have seen over the past three years!.
City council clears hurdle in bridge replacement
WAYNESBORO-Work on the $9.3 million replacement of Waynesboro's Main Street Bridge is not scheduled to start until 2016, but the Waynesboro City Council cleared a bureaucratic hurdle on the project Monday when it approved a resolution..