Business advocates in Lynchburg and Danville are calling for the ouster of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization, citing the agency’s reluctance to move forward with a $300 million bypass around Charlottesville’s heavily traveled portion of U.S. 29.

The No. 1 transportation priority of the business communities in Danville and Lynchburg is a 5.5-mile bypass around Charlottesville’s heavily traveled stretch of U.S. 29.