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so construction wouldn’t coincide with the tourist influx.
Supervisor H. B. Wood noted that drainage ditches alongside county roads are filling up with debris as the result of the recent rains. “Maybe with such a mild winter, you can get those cleaned out,” he told Askew.
“The drainage ditches are a constant problem,” the resident engineer said, promising to have crews tackle the clean-up chore.
Supervisor J. R. Latham relayed a request from a resident of Jackson District for improvements to Route (»b9.
The first step would be to secure additional right-ofway, Askew said, suggesting that the request be brought to the hearing this fall on updating the six-year secondary road improvement plan.
Culpeper Hearing
In another road-related issue, Latham, chairman of the Rappahannock board, and Supervisor * Charles Estes of Piedmont District attended the highway department’s pre-allocation hearing in Culpeper last week to plead the county’s case for four-Ianing of Route I
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