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“Well, it’s the cost,” noted Krebser.
“You might think in terms of 50 acre lots." planning commissioner Newbill Miller advised, referring to the zoning ordinance provision which allows for 50-acre lot subdivisions to be served by private roads rather than roads built to state standards. “It would be more viable to have 50 acre lots than to put that road in to state specifications."
Questioned by telephone on Monday, resident highway engineer Don Askew estimated that a state standard road will cost $100,000 per mile. He expressed concern not over the internal roads for the proposed subdivision but on the Route 662 access from Route 522. "That would have to be upgraded.” he said, noting that the formula used to determine vehicular traffic generated by a subdivision fixes trips per day from Sommarbeth Farm at 168. The existing access “just can't take it,” Askew said, describing Route 662 as “an old rural horse and buggy road."
The cost of upgrading Route 662 (1.28 miles) and building the internal subdivision roads to state standards will be between $200,000 and $300,000, according to the resident engineer.
As to taking money for improvements to Route 662 from the county’s secondary road budget. Askew noted that Rappahannock's total budget for secondary work this year is $340,000. Upgrading the existing "good old rural farm-to-market
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