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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
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Faced with a 40 percent reduction this year in funds for maintenance and improvements, resident highway engineer Don Askew could .
breathe a si|g> of feli^aner^ Monday's annual secondary hearing held jointly wftfrNhfc Rappahannock supervisors. For a change, the highway department got more praise than complaints with only a handful of local residents asking for projects that aren’t already included in the county’s six year road plan.
In 1981-82, Rappahannock can expect to receive $207,000 in secondary road funds from the state, a decrease of $138,062 from the 1980-81 allocation. In addition to this loss. Askew pointed out. the situation is further complicated by the adoption in 1979-80 of a six year plan based on a projected $432,615 in secondary road revenues. It wasn't until nine months into that year after projects had already been set up. Askew said that the state slashed Rappahannock's allocation to $355,110.
Despite this earlier shortfall, all but two goals were accomplished for 198081, the first year of the six year plan, according to the resident engineer. Of the planned projects, preliminary work only was completed on Route 621, the road leading to Peyton Farms, with the remainder scheduled to be done this fiscal year. Improvementss to Route 621 west of Woodville have also been delayed due to difficulties with acquisition of right-of-way. Askew said.
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