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211 between Washington and Sperry vilie.
Reasons cited in support of the project include:
—an increase in vehicle per day traffic to l,.r>f>,r> in 1980,
—limited sight distance at three major intersections,
—inadequate or nonexistent road shoulders,
—major business development which generates high volumes of turning vehicles,
—closure of passing zones due to the accident potential along the five mile stretch,
—high volume of truck trsiffir*
—large number of nonstandard private entrances and inadequate commercial entrances,
—two school zones on the road,
—recommendation in Rappahannock's comprehensive plan that any future commercial development be directed to this area,
—flooding of the existing road at the Sperryvillo end of the five-mile stretch during heavy rains.
Estes reported on Monday that highway officials at the pre-allocation hearing gave no indication whicli
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