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(2) Maintain the primary high* ways and take over the maintenance of all other streets which meet certain standards.
(8) Maintain the primary highways and continue the presept system of maintaining two miles of secondary street plus an additional quarter-mile to be taken' ' over each year. ' Letters have gone to the mayors of Virginia’s 170 incorporated towns with populations of less than 2,500 asking that they advise the Highway Commission of. their choice. . 1’ .
To be eligible for the $300 per mile or for ftate maintenance under alternatives (1) and- (2), a ’ street must have a right-of-way of at least SO feet and a hardsurface of at least 12 feet.,
At present, all towns- under 8,500 come within the provisions of alternative (3). -- * Since the law which authorised the first two alternatives takes affect July 1, the Highway Com*’ mission has requested the mayors to act "as promptly as possible*; ip making their choices. ■ oia*** »** a Its as
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