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In the second letter. Askew noted that 30 cars a day can be expected to use Route 662 on weekends as access to the retreat center. “Qearly, the establishment of two major activities on a very rural and inadequate road facility will jeopardize the health, safety and welfare of those forced to use the road.” He noted that Route 662 is not included in the county's six-year secondary road improvement program and due to current funding levels and a backlog of existing needs, "this road has a very low priority with no prospect of being included in future plans.”

As a solution to the access problem facing both the proposed luxury subdivision and the Catholic retreat center, the resident highway engineer suggested that the two developments “combine resources and upgrade Route 662 to a standard that will accommodate their traffic.”

(At a December 10 public hearing on the retreat center’s special use permit application, the BZA members made no mention of Askew's letter, the adequacy of the access road or the resident engineer’s suggestion for upgrading Route 662.

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