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We hope the Board of Supervisors seriously will reconsider the selection of a 138-acre tract near Peyton Farm Estates for use as a county landfill.
Our reasons for entering this debate early are numerous, but all stem from one word: People.
First, the proposed landfill site is too dose to too many people, primarily people who live on Routes 621 mid 674. Perhaps anywhere else in the USA a mile or so wouldn't seem so dose. In Rappahannock, it's sneezing distance. And no one likes his or her shoulder sneezed on.
Second, the proposed landfill site is too inaccessible to people. Even though the proposed site is only a few miles from Route 211, it may as well be a few dozen miles.
Exiting Route 211 at Route 626, driving past Sursum Corda and on to the right turn at Route 621 is a roller-coaster ride. It’s driving that should be limited to ' thrill-seekers in Chevy Corvettes, not heavy-laden pickup trucks or worse yet - dump trucks.
Access to Route 621 from the Shade Road is a horse of a different color-a palomino-colored dirt road. It’s, stnughter, but hffly. The natural ruts in the iriSad, ‘ combined “fcith loom gravel typical of such a road, bounce a vehicle around like a Conestoga wagon.
Route 621 on either side of the proposed landfill site could
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