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town, lessen noise and make Sperryville a safer place to live and shop, according to Luke. He added that the street could even be turned into a little shopping mall where customers could walk to the various stores.
Before turning the meeting over to Askew, Luke asked for a petition on the bridge from Cecil Baldwin. The signatures on the petition call for immediate temporary repairs to re-open the bridge and completion of permanent repairs as soon as possible. It ftttther asks that the brida«4 be posted to keep out through truck traffic and claims the structure was closed without due process. The petition states that, except in cases of emergency, a resolution from the board of supervisors is required before a road or bridge can be closed.
Public Safety
“The bridge has been deteriorating for many years,” Askew began. ‘‘The deterioration accellarated this summer. We had complaints about flat tires, boards flying up.” He reported that, prior to the August flood, the highway department had preliminary plans to replace the deck and bring the bridge up to the legal load limit of 20 tons. After the storm, with six bridges out in two counties
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