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Plan Review In Fall
Asked by Norma Hensley if the highway department intends to hard surface five miles of Route 649 between Routes 618 and 615. Askew replied that the project is not ^included in Rappahannock's six year secondary road plan. He added that the plan is to be reviewed at a - public hearing this fall to give citizens an opportunity to add or delete projects and reevaluate priorities.
Acknowledging that the highway department is doing “a real good job under real difficult circumstances." Sam Snead asked for additional grading of Route 614 between Route 622 and Shenandoah National Park.
Major improvements to Route 614 are included in the six year road plan for 198283. provided funds and rightof-way are available. Askew replied. As for grading, he explained lack of rainfall has interfered with this routine maintenance project. . It is necessary to have moisture in order to do a good job on grading and scraping, he said.
In addition. Askew said, chemicals are put down in front of houses on unpaved roads to control dust. “Then we can’t scrape or we’ll mess up the chemicals...It’s a vicious cycle.”
With no additional comments, chairman Luke closed the road hearing. Remarking on the small number of complaints. Askew noted that improved road condition is about the only positive result of Virginia’s continuing drought. “We probably had our easiest winter ever.” he said, explaining that with no snow, there was no moisture present to cause roads to freeze and break up. “It’s good we didn’t have a big. hard winter because we didn't have the f\inds (for traditional spring repairs)/' he eohclUded.
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