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of Route 211. Most of the land purchased to date is improved property, he said.

He noted that the decision to stop right-of-way acquisition will have no effect on the highway department’s condemnation of the school bus shop. “We’ve already made a commitment to purchase that property," he said.

Coppage said he wasn’t in a position to estimate when the highway department would authorize right-of-way purchase to begin again. Widening of Route 211 between Washington and Sperryville appears to be at least six years away, however, since the project does not appear on the department's six year plans for road improvements and construction.

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